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If you could design your own personal triathlon, what three activities would it be? Wine, women and song. They seem to go together. — Robert Conlon Bartender, Leunig's Winooski Reading, listening to jazz and watching movies. — Marc Maderazzo Consultant Burlington Hiking, boating and — Peter Oxford Owner, The Bike Center Cornwall Lettuce dunking (in hot water), corn shucking and caber tossing. — Jon Exall A humble produce boy, Healthy Living Burlington I'd have to say beer drinking, football watching and lovemaking. — Marc Brisson Musician & husband of Leigh Brisson, Garment Gallery South Burlington Running, reading and making music. It would be a non-competitive triathlon. Running in the woods, reading for awhile till I got tired of that, then going into the studio and making music. Perfection! — Kevin Brown Manager, Buch Spieler Montpelier

TAKING RESPONSIBILITY Today I got a ticket for $150 for allegedly driving through a red light, taking my friend to the airport. She was on her way to a domestic violence conference in Chicago. I used poor judgment, and I got caught. I'm a social worker and not rich, and wondered whether I should ask my brother, who is fairly wealthy, to help pay the fine. Then I read an article about Tom Smith [Inside Track, August 18] and I had another idea. I should get the community to help me out. I decided to get my friends and my clients that I work with to get a collection together for me. I mean, I am a community member and it wasn't really my fault that I allegedly went through the red light. I was just trying to help a friend catch her plane on time. If only I had an influential friend who could write a letter to the Free Press, advertising my plight. Then, I could go on vacation and be unavailable for comment. But then I had second thoughts. I decided that I had endangered lives and I needed to take responsibility for my actions. I needed to pay my fine, and maybe ask my brother for a loan. If I hadn't been in a hurry and had thought about the consequences of my actions first, the whole thing could have been avoided. Oh, well, I have learnt from my mistake. I won't be doing it again. How about you, Tom? — Angela Scott Burlington R I T C H I E PAID H I G H E S T PRICE The recent decision of Mayor Peter Clavelle, Rev. Gary Kowalski and Rabbi Joshua Chassan to support Councilor Tom Smith instead of victim of domestic abuse Kelly Ritchie reveals why our city still needs a city-funded organization

committed to advising our male leaders on women's matters and advocating for women in our city. For left to their own devices, the male political and religious leaders chose to define Tom Smith as the victim in this controversy, losing all contact with the reality of the situation, which leaves Kelly Ritchie as the person who will pay the only and highest price, not only for the beating that she received, but also for the negligence of Smith. Through his lone actions, which at best can be described as hopelessly naive — especially for an elected official whose constituents deserve better knowledge and representation — Smith promised the court to pay $18,000 if the court would in turn release into the community the accused batterer, Eldon Cenzic, the man who allegedly beat Ritchie for hours. More important, Smith promised to supervise Cenzic, insuring that he would not freely wander the streets endangering or harassing Ritchie or others. For Smith's promise the court released Cenzic, accepting the councilor's good faith. Smith, however, violated that trust. Leaving town for a few days, he left Cenzic without supervision and, to his surprise — not understanding that people accused of battering often flee or continue to make their victim's lives miserable — Cenzic fled, to the risk and continuing horror of Kelly Ritchie. Where in this scenario do Clavelle, Kowalski and Chassan get off depicting Smith as the victim to be aided by them and by the community, as if the community — especially its women — will not pay enough with one more allegedly violent man free to walk the streets? Happily, some of the women of Kowalski s church have come forward to help Kelly Ritchie. Unfortunately, they cannot undo the fact that these three

men, in a new expression of male bonding, have shown their loyalties to a male colleague instead of a woman victim, a bonding that without the active participation of women always and tragically repeats itself at the highest levels of our society. — Lou Andrews Burlington SEND C O N T R I B U T I O N S Some friends of Tom Smith met a few days ago to discuss ways to help support him and his family during this difficult time. We hope to help him raise as much of the $18,000 as possible. Please send contributions made out to "Friends ofTom Smith," c/o Michelle Lefkowitz, 71 Park St., Burlington, V T 05401. — Michelle Lefkowitz Burlington EXPLICIT C O M I C S N O T FUNNY Since when did it become okay to depict explicit sexual acts, along with the "f" word (mentioned several times), in your comic strips ["The Mostly Unfabulous Social Life of Ethan Green," August 25]? I have an eight-year-old son who likes the funnies and I thought it safe to let him read them, unmonitored, until I stumbled upon [last] week's issue of Seven Days and your "Ethan Green" strip by Eric Orner. Please be more conscious of your readership; comic strips attract kids like magnets. It's challenging enough raising kids in a healthy way without blatant, irreverent references to what is a healthy, loving union between people. I find this presents a very confusing message to kids. Please — more life-affirming messages. I like the strip, I like that gay people are depicted. I don't like the "f" word. — Mark Adams Burlington

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a press release, and in these strange journalistic times, unless there's a press release, it's not really considered reportable news by the mainstream Vermont media. Take last week's story on the IRS memo Sanders obtained, indicating serious questions about "age discrimination" involving an O h i o company's new "cash balance" pension plan. It's the very issue Sanders has raised over the new IBM pension plan. T h e story made the front page of the Los Angeles Times, and once again, Ol' Bernardo made "The CBS Evening News with Dan Rather." (Apologies to Patrick Garahan.) T h e next day there were stories in The Wall Street Journal and The New York Times. W i t h the current uprising at IBM, it's very big news. But don't tell that to the local media, which barely gave it a mention. A check of the news transcripts over at W G O P , er, sorry, WCAX's Web site indicates the story on the IRS memo was buried on "The Late News" with Roger Garrity, and, needless to say, Bernie was not mentioned. After all, WCAX's report on the recent overflow Town Meeting Congressman Sanders convened at St. Mike's didn't contain those two very simple words: "Bernie Sanders."

Being a politician takes guts. It's not the most respected occupation these days. Just look at how the folks in Northfield were applauded for barring politicians from marching in Mondays Labor Day Parade. What's next, no fat people allowed? But there is one politician these days that people appear to like — the new messiah of the Republican Church of the Almighty Dollar. And next m o n t h the Big W is coming to Vermont. Lone Star State Gov. George W. Bush will be the "sugar" at Sugarbush on October 22 for the Vermont Republican Party's $125a-plate fundraiser. T h e Big W — heck of a guy. T h e front-runner. T h e son of a President. T h e bestfunded horse in the race. 'Course, there is the little white powder problem. T h e one he refuses to discuss anymore. Were it a Democrat with alleged white lines in his past, we would be witnessing the biggest turkey shoot since Monica decided not to send the blue dress to the dry cleaners. But hey, W wore the uniform. H e was a jet jockey in the Texas Air National Guard, and like it or not, on his watch not one, I repeat, not one N o r t h Vietnamese or Viet Cong aircraft violated Texas air space. And just the other day, Republican U.S. Sen. Jim When yours truly quesJeffords of Rutland said, during tioned W C A X General one of his increasingly frequent BY PETER FREYNE Manager Peter Martin about swings through Burlington, that the omission of the name of T h e Big W shouldn't have to the congressman who orga'fess up about sins of the past. nized and ran the congressional town meeting, he "I think that's a decision that he has to make, noted W C A X had just had Sanders on their how he wants to handle it," said Jeffords. "I feel Sunday morning interview program, "You Can that things that are not relevant to your immediQuote Me," where Sanders "spoke for four minate service or to your effectiveness as a public serutes or so, straight and unedited on the IBM vant, that are distant in the past, are not really problem and his activities on behalf of the work» worthy of discussion." ers. Well said, Jeezum Jim. Let bygones be Strange times, indeed. bygones, except, of course, when it comes to Media Notes — After 15 years with the station Congressman Bernie Sanders. Remember, in — the last 10 as news director — W P T Z - T V ' s 1996, when Republican congressional candidate Stewart Ledbetter takes over next week as Susan Sweetser tried to dig up the dirt on Vermont bureau chief for the local N B C affiliate. Bernie's distant past by adding the services of a Sound like a demotion? private detective to her tasteless, ethically chal"It depends on your perspective," said lenged campaign? Ledbetter. "I think it's terrific." And now, the latest quest for skeletons in A n d y Wormser, the assistant news director, Sanders' closet is featured in the current edition moves into Stewarts Plattsburgh office Monday. of the Vermont GOP Update— "News you can Congratulations. use from the Vermont State Republican Party." Idiot's Untie! — Oops. That's "unite." And John T h e Rs have started a contest called " T H E Sortino's new book is the rallying point. T h e legM I S S I N G YEARS." It was the brainchild of endary John, who went from peddling on executive director James Dwinell, who was assistChurch Street to starting up the Vermont Teddy ed by Libby Sternberg. T h e Update reads: Like bees on honey, the national media is fixated Bear Company, is the author of The Complete Idiot's Guide to Being a Successful Entrepreneur. It on George W. Bush's past life. In the same spirit of gratuitously probing into politicians' past lives, VER- just hit the bookstores. "I'm so jazzed people are going to be reading something about what's really MONT GOP UPDATE officially announces the true," said Sortino. First printing: 25,000 copies. "BERNIE'S MISSING YEARS CONTEST" Price: $18.95. Readers are asked to submit their ideas of what Bearing All — Some politicians just want to perBernie was up to during the mid-1960s (which are form. Take ex-mayoral candidate Eric Brenner. undocumented in biographies of the "small s" socialT h e 27-year-old massage therapist is a jack-of-allist Congressman). trades. He's been hosting interview programs on To "prime the p u m p , " Sternberg published a C h . 17, has a new band called Glasnost and a "Top Ten Reasons Bernie Sanders Will N o t new hobby — dancing naked in front of women. Reveal W h e r e H e Was or W h a t H e Was Doing Eric recently premiered at a Burlington bachein the Mid-1960s." A m o n g the suggestions are, lorette party. "He was absolutely terrible," said "He was doing the 'people's work' in a revoluone bachelorette. "I don't want to hurt his feeltionary Venceremos brigade in Cuba," and "He ings, but when the G-string came off I left." was running the Brooklyn chapter of the Jane Brenner admitted he was a little nervous his Fonda Fan Club." first time out. Way to go, G O P ! It doesn't get any dumber "He has a nice body," said our bachelorette, than this. "but absolutely no rhythm." Meanwhile, back in the real world, Sanders Eric's current plans include a run for a Ward was due back in Washington Tuesday evening 3 city council seat next March. And speaking of after a 10-day fact-finding trip through Eastern Europe as part of a six-member congressional del- dancing, wasn't that Ward 4 Republican City Councilor Matt Gardy dancing a jig atop the bar egation. T h e lawmakers went to study the effect at Ri Ra on a recent Friday evening? of International Monetary Fund loans to "I can neither confirm nor deny that," he told Slovakia, Romania, Bulgaria and H u n g a r y You Seven Days. didn't hear much about it on T V or read about it Sources say Gardy kept his clothes on. in the papers because Sanders' office did not isstie N o guts, no glory. ®

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A m a n broke into a h o m e in A n a h e i m , California, that h a p p e n e d to belong to Los Angeles" police Officer Luis Gasca, w h o grabbed his g u n and fired at the intruder. T h e suspect ran outside a n d s t u m bled into a bed of cactus. After freeing himself f r o m the prickly plants, he tried to j u m p a w r o u g h t - i r o n fence b u t speared himself. "First he was shot at, then he got stuck in cactus a n d impaled in the groin," A n a h e i m police Sgt. Joe Vargas said. "It wasn't a good night."

Problem Solved Logging in federal forests is d o w n as m u c h as 2 5 percent in some regions, the Forest Service reported, because of a shortage of the special paint that is used to mark trees intended to be cut down.

an a p a r t m e n t in Vienna to collect a 59-year-old woman's car license plates for unpaid insurance noticed an overpowering stench, but the v/oman insisted it was caused by the restaurant next door. After further investigation, the officer f o u n d the woman's dead m o t h e r wrapped up in a carpet. T h e w o m a n said she kept the b o d y for two years because she could not bear parting with her.

Apocalypse Now A water reclamation plant in Van Nuys, California, malf u n c t i o n e d d u r i n g a Y2K test and spilled 4 million gallons of sewage into a San Fernando Valley park. After the Los Angeles Public Health D e p a r t m e n t ordered the park closed while officials investigated the incident, public works spokesperson C o r a Jackson Fossett said, "If it had to h a p p e n , we're glad it was n o w a n d not in January." • Tokyo Electric Power Co. a n n o u n c e d it was forced to cut power generation at its Kashiwazaki-Kariwa nuclear plant in central Japan after a swarm of jellyfish clustered a r o u n d an intake for seawater used as a coolant and blocked the pipe.

• W h e n D o r o t h y Joyner, 57, a Republican candidate for mayor of Baltimore, appeared live o n the local evening news, speaking at length a b o u t her ideas o n crime-fighting, a police officer w a t c h i n g the news recognized her as a suspect w a n t e d for burglary. Police were waiting for Joyner w h e n she left the T V station and led her away in handcuffs.

The Peter Principle Retired office worker Beverly Lancaster, 44, w o n more than $ 1 0 0 , 0 0 0 f r o m the city of Birmingham, England, by claiming that she suffered job-related stress and became depressed after she was p r o m o t ed against her will. Lancaster told the court that the city

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Lost and Found T h e crash of a U.S. military plane in southeastern C o l o m b i a this s u m m e r was caused by the pilot crashing, into m o u n t a i n s he didn't k n o w were there because they didn't appear on the m a p being used for the flight. C o l o m b i a n air force officials told the daily paper El Tiempo that instead of showing the Patascoy range of the Andes M o u n t a i n s , the m a p had an e m p t y space with the words "incomplete data."

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Typos of the Week A misplaced c o m m a in a sales contract cost aerospace manufacturer Lockheed Martin C o r p . $70 million, according to the Financial Times. T h e mistake occurred in an a d j u s t m e n t to a sales price for changes to the inflation rate, where the figure was printed in the European style using c o m m a s instead of periods to mark a decimal point. T h e c o m m a was misplaced by one decimal point in the customer's favor, and the customer held Lockheed to the price. • In the first few seconds of a television ad for Mike Dawida's campaign this spring for Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, c o u n t y executive, a woman's voice a n n o u n c e d , " T h e public record doesn't lie."

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IT'S A SMAIL WORLD: The Firehouse Center for the Visual Arts was beyond maximum capacity last Friday night for the opening of an art show by Grand Isle artist Barbara Smail. "Not only did I see old friends, but I saw old paintings," the 54-year-old creator says of "Life Pieces" — a retrospective inspired by her ongoing struggle with brain cancer. Jlldy Kelly chose the paintings for the 10-day show, most of which were retrieved from private collections. Amy Tarrant and Bonnie Reid Martin underwrote the exhibit — a whirl of colorful canvasses full of life-affirming references to food, family and fish. Pictures of health. Former Governor Madeleine Kunin showed up to pay tribute to Smail, as did most of the visual artists in Vermont. "Everybody was there," Smail says, "almost all my friends," including fellow artists Lance Richbourg, Barbara Zucker, Lois Foley, Janet Fredericks, Ayn Baldwin Riehle and Barbara Wagner. The crowd literally spilled outside — a testament not only to Smail and her work, but to the visual art community she helped build over the last three decades. The turnout "shows how healthy the art community is — that was the most outstanding thing," says Smail. The Firehouse Gallery can certainly take some of the credit for that. On Monday, the Burlington City Council is scheduled to vote on a proposal that would transform the historic street-level exhibition space into a four-story, full-time community art center, complete with classrooms, offices and an adjoining outdoor sculpture garden. Burlington City Arts wants $300,000 from the city — over four years — to apply to a $1.5 million capital campaign goal. That's a small price to pay for a safe haven dedicated to the expression of human creativity and, through Saturday, the indomitable spirit of Barbara Smail. IN BRIEF: Yep, that was Rusty Dewees camped out in the "state building" at the Champlain Valley Fair. The actor put in 10 long days, alongside carneys and the "crack boy," hawking his new video, The Logger. The celluloid version documents the first act of the popular one-man stage show Dewees wrote, performed and toured in Vermont last winter and spring. But the intro and outro footage may throw you for a loop. Dewees starts things off with a real chainsaw, and plays both parts in a crackerbarrel dialogue between himself and his pipe-smoking French-Canadian uncle. The epilogue finds him interviewing old Vermonters about dowsing, snowfall, global warming and, of course, flatlanders. It gives you an idea of what that Vermont accent is supposed to sound like. But the old-timers are eating it up — Dewees is scheduled for 28 public performances and 20 private shows over the next few months. The video is on sale in Stowe, Johnson, Morrisville and Waterbury Center . . . The mothers and lovers in Nora JaCObSOfl s next movie are based on a Mexican myth. The Norwich filmmaker has been reel busy documenting the works of Dragon Dance Theater in Worchester. She has accompanied the troupe on two separate trips to Oaxaca, where they are collaborating with local performers to dramatize a creation story. Jacobson's very human task is to cut 1 8 hours of footage down to a short fundraising film without making it look "too hokey," she says, conceding, "working with puppets is tricky.' Indeed, one member of her camera crew had to save a Chilean actor from a Vermont lake several weeks ago during the Stateside filming of Soly Luna— the story of two foundling children adopted by an old woman who is romantically involved with a deer. The actor was swimming across for the camera wearing a large deer head when the waterlogged mask started to weigh him down, necessitating a water rescue. "It was sort of scary," Jacobson says . . . You don't have to speak German to translate the poems of Rainer Maria Rilke — not if you're Galway Kinnell, that is. The Sheffield poet has just published a bilingual collection of elegies, sonnets and "thing poems" from the puzzling poet who helped perfect the image of the suffering artist. His translators have not had it easy, either, as Kinnell explains in The Essential Rilke, referring to the growing pile of past efforts as the "Rilkean Bermuda Triangle." Dual deciphering was required to untangle complicated, sometimes nonsensical, passages. Hannah Liebmann provided the literal translation from the German, while Kinnell, a Pulitzer Prize winner, interpreted the meaning. Since his first "spellbound encounter" with the works of Rilke half a century ago, Kinnell writes in the introduction, "I thought I sensed under the words of the translation another, truer Rilke struggling to speak." But he humbly admits the ventriloquy was one tall order. "I sometimes felt like I was in a darkened room, trying to imagine, on the basis of verbal descriptions, what I would see from the window if I only knew how to raise the blind." You can check out the view when he makes the reading rounds at the ertd of the month. ®

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f you wanted to create a fictional business that summed up Vermont's prospects at the end of the century, it might look like a slightly off-beat, entrepreneurial enterprise based on tree-hugging and cyber-communications. You might call it something like, say, ForestWorld.com, and locate its corporate headquarters on the Burlington Waterfront. T h e chief executive officer would likely be a baby-boomer flatlander who expresses his love for his adoptive state with lines like, "There's something magical about this environment. This is a place where people w h o don't fit in find their place." And you might fill the company's ranks with a motley cast of characters, bringing together forest freaks, computer geeks, capitalists and artists whose mission would be to, say, change the way the world's wood is grown, harvested, milled and sold.

It sounds like something out of Tom Wolfe, or maybe "Doonesbury," but it's not. Adventurous, virtuous and virtual, ForestWorld.com occupies real offices — above Mona's Restaurant in the Cornerstone Building — and employs about 40 real people, most of them Vermonters. Just five months old, with the Web site at its heart still officially un-launched, the company is barely beyond the acorn stage. But its aspirations are as lofty as the mightiest oak: to define and dominate the as-yet-nonexistent international cyber-sylvaculture industry while promoting sustainable wood-management practices across the globe. W i t h a management team that includes a former Fortune 500 C E O and the w o m a n w h o gave Ben & Jerry's its spots, ForestWorld's meat may one day match the motto painted on its office doors: " T h e Yahoo of the forest service industry." Or, it may go the way of many a failed Internet venture, in which case, like the proverbial tree that falls in the forest, it will barely make a sound.

orestWorld founder and C E O Richard Miller makes no bones about his ambitions. "Someone will be the Yahoo or Amazon in forests. It's going to be us," he asserts. As he sits at his desk in an immaculate office — facing a luminous iMac, a slice of lake view and a calendar photo of a tree — Miller's conversation is as sharp and quick as a power saw, but without all the noise. W i t h a nose like Jerry Seinfeld s and the

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carefully controlled, shoulder-length curls of the classic crunchy entrepreneur, 46-year-old Miller manages to paint equally compelling pictures of both the world's ecological prospects and the Internet's economic promise. "We're heading down the road of ecological collapse," Miller forecasts. "We've already cut half the world's forests down. T h e Amazon rainforest will be gone in 80 years. As the world's demand for wood increases, the supply for wood decreases. Some people think forests are on the verge of collapse." Turning his thoughts to cyberspace, he observes, "Very few people understand the implications of the Internet. It will be everywhere. It will be in people's faces." Miller predicts that the Internet will be, in fact, unavoidable. "It will change the way people do business, because it will be incredibly cheap, and incredibly convenient," he says. "Every industry will be transformed, including forestry." T h e vision behind ForestWorld.com is to use the power of the Internet to mitigate the coming environmental apocalypse. How? By launching a Web site designed to bring together, efficiently and cost-effectively, buyers and sellers of responsibly grown and harvested wood products — that is, "green certified" wood. Just 10 years old, the wood-certification movement relies on independent third parties to verify that individual wood producers are practicing careful forest management. Miller was a founding director of the Forest Stewardship Council, an umbrella organization for various independent third-party certifiers, including SmartWood of Richmond, Vermont. Certification is based on environmental, social and economic criteria. Environmentally, the goal is to preserve the forest's natural character, Miller explains. "We don't really understand what happens in forests. T h e best we can do is to try to maintain what's already there. Clearcutting doesn't do that, and plantations don't do that." Unlike the organic food or recycled paper movements, which required producers to adopt brand-new methods, plenty of foresters are already practicing sustainable management techniques, but, Miller says, they need to be identified. H e also contends that, unlike organic food and recycled paper, sustainable wood doesn't cost more than its non-sustainable counterpart. For one thing,

sustainable wood is typically of higher quality, he notes, and there's a market-share premium in being certified. In fact, Miller adds, some industry insiders believe in putting a higher price on certified wood in order to help convince consumers that it's better. Right now, a miniscule 1 percent of domestic wood — or about $500 million worth — is green-certified. Some shining examples of sustainable forestry include Maine's Seven Islands; work being done by the Menominee Indians in Wisconsin; and here in Vermont, at Shelburne Farms. But these well-known models represent just a fraction of the nation's sustainable foresters, Miller adds. M a n y of those who practice sustainable forestry are owners of small, non-industrial wood lots, like the 31 members of the Vermont Family Forests — see sidebar. "If we identified all the wood products out there that could be certified," Miller says, "we estimate that it would amount to 15 percent of the supply, worth somewhere between five and 10 billion dollars." Globally, the World Bank hopes to certify half the world's commercial forests within the next 10 years. Once certified wood producers have been identified, the next hurdle will be to help buyers locate environmentally correct products. T h e idea behind ForestWorld.com is to post a database of certified suppliers, a place where a home renovator looking for sustainable maple flooring, for instance, could run a search and find all the companies providing that kind of product. Miller understands what it means to search out these sources. In the early '90s, he helped Wal-Mart acquire green-certified wood products for an "Eco-store" in Kansas. More recently, he delivered certified, locally grown wood to finish the entire interior of Middlebury College's Bicentennial Hall, a $47 million science facility that opens this week.

orn in the heart of the "borscht belt," Miller was fresh out of the University of Vermont when he got his first taste for trees, back in 1973. Convinced that the world was "ready to collapse," he headed for the Northeast Kingdom to build himself a log cabin beside a beaver pond. "I went to Ames

and bought a chainsaw," he recalls. "I cut down my first tree and fell in love. It's awe-inspiring to cut down a tree that's been growing for 200 years. Once you've done it, they don't come back." Since making that first cut, Miller has turned over many a new leaf, starting up no fewer than nine different companies — all of them, in one way or another, "trying to help protect the world's forests while we still have them." In addition to his work with the Forest Stewardship Council and his experience in certified wood sourcing, the entrepreneur has produced a multi-media, updateable C D called Woods of the World, which provides data about the global distribution, environmental needs and economic value of trees. As well versed as Miller may be in making money from trees, he knows as well as the next C E O that the green stuff doesn't actually grow on them. Enter Charlie Olcott, ForestWorld's Director and chief operating officer. With a large frame and full head of boyishly styled white hair, the 52-year-old financial analyst looks a little bit like Newt Gingrich. His credentials are impressive, including a gig at Pillsbury as treasurer, followed by five years with Burger King, where he ended up as president and CEO. "He's doing miracles here," avows Miller. Olcott, who has been working with seedling businesses for the last seven years, sees his role at ForestWorld as helping the company remain rooted in reality. Entrepreneurs, he explains, typically start out with a clear vision of what a business should be and how it should run. The problem, however, is that the vision may not be fundable. "You have to have someone who understands what the market is feeding back," Olcott says, "and how to apply that feedback." In more practical terms, Olcott's main mission has been fundraising — a task he's apparently been accomplishing admirably. "We go through a lot of money here, and we're raising a lot," comments Miller. ForestWorld is growing like a weed, with plans to double its staff by the end of the year and relocate to larger digs, most likely outside Burlington. But actually making rnoney remains a long-range goal. Asked if he's turned a profit yet, Miller guffaws, aghast, "God, no! Our story is the story of most well-known Internet companies," the C E O says. "We're raising as much money as we need to dominate the industry." By conventional business standards, ForestWorld and other virtual ventures seem to have their heads screwed on backwards. Rather than making an initial profit and then using it to generate growth, Miller and his crew plan to do all their growing first and make their profits later. The end, according to Olcott, "is to become a ruthlessly big business." The means? "We believe that content drives traffic and traffic drives business."

standards. Though a number of wood-based enterprises do business on the Web, so far, ForestWorld is "the only portal site in the timber forestry and wood industry that we know of," says Aziz Hirji, owner of Timber Resources International, a wood exchange company based in New York City. Hirji discovered ForestWorld when he was looking for an Internet timber industry to purchase. When he was told that the company wasn't for sale, he went out on a limb to become its first private investor. Continued on page 11

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stewardship," says Brynh, whose work in sustainable forestry has earned him the title of 1999 Northeastern Forester of the Year. Maintaining forests' environmental integrity is one of Brynn's goals. Another is social equity. "Strategic position is incredibly important to the success of marketing forest products," he explains. To help VFF members improve their

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Brynn's view is shared by VFF member Luke Curtis. The owner of 60 acres of black cherry, red maple, white ash and white birch in Lincoln, Curtis runs a completely local operation. "I'm the whole process, soup to nuts," he says, explaining that he manages his own land and harvests his own trees, then mills the wood him-

ike almost everything else at ForestWorld, the Web site is also still in the early construction stages. Today, its estimated 400,000 monthly visitors have to make do with admiring its ambitious scaffolding. By the time the site is officially launched — presumably in December — it promises to provide, among other things, a daily forestry news service, a children's area, a forestry Internet directory, the largest forestry jobs and events listing in the world, original feature articles, forest photography, full-text forestry statutes from all 50 states and databases listing loggers, foresters and sawmills. Advertising on the site will yield some revenue. But Barry Simms, a former forester who turned in his hiking boots to become a forestry "content manager," points out that Internet pitches aren't proving as profitable as many originally predicted. The goal of ads on the Web, Simms explains, is to establish "click-throughs" — enticing banners that lead browsers directly to a company's site. There, knock on wood, they'll do some shopping, like pedestrians pulled into a storefront by an attractive window display. So far, however, most Internet users have adopted a more passive approach to ads — looking but not linking. ForestWorld hopes to harvest most of its profits not through on-site advertising, but from business-to-business interactions. For a fee, ForestWorld will host Web pages and provide other cyber services. More significantly, the company plans to present itself as a worldwide forestry marketplace where large and small landowners, loggers, sawmills, builders and others in the wood-based enterprises can buy, sell and trade — with ForestWorld skimming a tidy commission from each transaction. Today, Miller says, most forestry deals are still being made over the phone — a system that is cumbersome and time-consuming by today's quick-as-a-click cyber-business

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self and turns it into fine, handcrafted furniture. Curtis received certification two years ago, but has yet to add the label to his product. "People in shops have said it would be useful," he admits. "Since I tend to be on the expensive side, they say I need to draw attention to some of the features that would make the pieces more appealing." Last year, Brynn worked with Richard Miller to help supply Middlebury College with 125,000 board feet of locally grown, green-certified wood. To VFF, he says, "the project represented a chance to test if green-certification could be coupled with more direct marketing of forest products so it would be beneficial to all the players in the value-added process." The results? "Neat things happened," Brynn says. "Land owners received significantly more money

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for their timber, loggers were paid 60 percent more for doing excellent work, Middlebury received its wood at just about 5 percent above the market norm, and the forest was left in excellent shape." Can an outfit like ForestWorld make more projects like Middlebury's happen? Brynn hopes so. "The degree to which the Internet allows foresters to get further down the food chain and invest those values in a more careful interaction

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glimpse, the company's evolving culture does exude a hip, quirky quality not unlike Gateway's — everyone seems to be on a firstname basis and data-entering drudges are periodically released from their Dilbert-style cubicles to take "field trips" to help them remember what real trees look like. And the firm's community conscience is reminiscent of Ben &C Jerry's. "I hate to use the term 'social mission,"' Severance hedges, "but Richard has a sense of a greater good that he's bringing to this industry. That's something people will think is a good thing." Though ForestWorld is dedicated to environmental responsibility, the site won't work if it's simply perceived as a front for the Green Party. Rather, Severance explains, ForestWorld hopes to appeal to — and create common ground between — all the constituents within an industry that's as split as this years cord wood. "We want to represent everyone in the industry, from radical environmentalists to very conservative forest people. We're trying to offer up a way for there to be middle ground, a safe place." If ForestWorld were fiction, the CEO's vision wouldn't stop at dominating its sector of the Internet, sustaining the world's forests or finding common ground between tree-huggers and clear-cutters. And it doesn't. "We have some pretty intense plans," Miller enigmatically divulges. What sort of plans? Plans that could result in another 10,000 jobs — all related to sustainable forestry — in small towns throughout the state. "This could be the salvation of rural communities," Miller confides.

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B Y KEVIN I . K E L L E Y ermont, arguably the most liberal state in the union, will be the site of a "Constitutional Convention" later this month that's intended to produce a coalition of right-wing citizen groups spanning all of New England and upstate New York. Helping spearhead the ambitious drive for cross-border collaboration is Hardwick's Ken Davis, president of Property Owners Standing Together. POST was formed two and a half years ago primarily in response to a Vermont law tightening regulations on timber felling on large tracts of private land. The group's members — said to number 1500 — have protested this perceived infringement on property owners' rights by posting "No Trespassing" signs on their land, thus forbidding access by hunters, snowmobilers and other recreational users. POST soon expanded its scope, however, to include other issues that have agitated Vermont conservatives. The group gained notoriety in January 1998 when some of its members demolished a car once owned by liberal Democratic State Senator Cheryl Rivers — a protest of both the Act 60 education-funding reform as well as the Act 15 heavy-logging law. The group's militant, directaction approach was epitomized by Davis' comment in an interview last weekend that "unconstitutional laws should be disobeyed." The logger and large-scale landowner says he decided to join forces with like-minded activists from New York State with the aim of forging a movement that could exert a more powerful influence on public policy in towns and states throughout the region. Bill Gage, the lead organizer of the September 18-19 Northeast Constitutional Convention, predicts 1000 dissenters will gather at the Addison County Fairgrounds in New Haven. Davis thinks that's an overly optimistic forecast, but he expresses confidence that "at least 250" will attend the event. Gage says its purpose is not to draft revisions to the United States Constitution but to encourage grassroots challenges to local "bureaucrats" and elected officials. "The goal is to get government at all levels, particularly local, back on track — which is to say out of our lives and off our backs," Gage explains. Town authorities, he says, can most effectively be forced to follow what he regards as the Constitution's principles by hauling them into court whenever they are deemed to be acting unconstitutionally. Gage has already initiated such a suit of his own in Hampton, New York — the upstate town where he lives. A self-described "radical who's tired of putting up with govern-

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such as Gage. But, reprinting another page from the Progressives' script, Gage says he's not interested in building a movement around a particular hero. "This has to happen from the bottom up or it won't be successful," he declares. The time may be right for endeavors such as the Constitutional Convention, suggests St. Michael's College political scientist Bill Grover. Insurgencies such as the one envisioned by Gage are generally "apt to gain a wider hearing because of the convergence of the Republicans and Democrats around a similar — indeed, an almost indistinguishable — agenda," says Grover, a Sanders supporter and an expert in third-party movements. "With the nation increasingly taking on the appearance of a modified one-party state, people have several options, two of which are clearly in evidence — to stay home on election day or shift their allegiance to nascent third parties." Davis, however, seems much less committed to a new rightwing party than does Gage. The POST leader finds more inspiration in Republican former gubernatorial candidate Ruth Dwyer, a POST member, than in Ventura. Dwyer's 41 percent showing in her 1998 race against Howard Dean has convinced Davis that a large number of Vermonters support a robustly conservative agenda. Davis also expresses approval for some conservative Democrats in the legislature, suggesting he's quite willing to use existing party mechanisms to overturn Vermont's liberal establishment. At the same time, both Gage and Davis would seem able to find a comfortable political home in the Libertarian Party, but neither is willing to enlist. The Constitutional Convention is scheduled to be addressed by an assortment of activists from various points on the rightist spectrum. Advocates of gun ownership rights, homeschooling opponents of "state education" and tax revolt leaders from the Long Island suburbs have all been invited to speak. The biggest celebrity may be Mary Adams, a Maine grandmother who led a long and ultimately successful campaign to repeal a Down East statewide property tax. It should be a lively time at the fairgrounds, with not a free ride in sight. ®

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These days, Gage rails against a host of acronyms — ATF (the federal Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms regulatory agency), NAFTA (the North American Free Trade Agreement) and DEA (the U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency). Racial bias may also be an element in his belief system. Denouncing the loss in recent years of so many mom-and-pop stores, Gage initially agreed that chains such as Wal-Mart may be to blame. But he then took aim at "Indian and Pakistani" immigrants who have huge family conglomerates that do $20 billion in business in New York and New England." Don't misinterpret that comment, Gage hastened to add — "I'm not against those people. They're working hard." Many of those who attend the convention will probably share Gage's own enthusiasm for developing a right-wing third-party movement. He abandoned the Republican Party in 1989 and subsequently joined Ross Perot's "United We Stand" organization. These days, Gage empathizes with Minnesota's Independent Governor Jesse Ventura. The former wrestler's unexpected electoral success has clearly energized disgruntled conservatives

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Two years ago, the Nichols Block in Barre was almost sold to a developer who wanted to tear down the grand old behemoth and put in a parking lot. W h e n members of the Barre Historical Society got wind of this plan, they urged the City Council to delay the sale until they had a chance to study the building. As it turns out, the blood-red, brick 1885 Nichols Block is one of the oldest buildings in downtown Barre, according to Karen Lane, vice-president of the BHS. By virtue of its location in the downtown district, the building

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T h e Nichols Block Partnership's only requirement was that the society find a use for the building. BHS members approached a low-income Rousing group and a group of artists who wanted studio and classroom space. "It seemed we already had a lot of empty retail space and low-income housing," Lane says. "What we need are activities and a lively district. We liked the idea of having classes for kids and a place for people from away to have coffee. Lucky for us [the artists] fell in love with the building." Love is a powerful thing in the face of charred floor joists, a leaky roof, boarded windows and significant plaster damage. Undaunted, the six artists who formed the Studio Place Arts board claimed the Nichols Block as their own. "Lady Art," a huge face made of scraps of cloth and wire mesh, peers out of a front window. In the middle of the

floor of what was once a squatter's living room are the remains of the artists' ceremony intended to "cleanse" the building: full tubes of paint, flower castings and a statement of purpose. In a matter of months, the board raised enough money to repair the roof and to plan the transformation of the Nichols Block into a community arts center, but that was only the beginning. Soon they realized this "free" building would come at a significant cost — the Nichols Block needs $800,000 worth of work. To renovate the building, SPA is counting on a $250,000 Community Development Block Grant applied for through the City of Barre. T h e rest would be raised through grant applications to foundations, money from the Vermont Community Loan Fund, historic tax credits and private donations.

While SPA has received some sizable donations — about $28,000 so far, including $12,500 to replace the leaky roof — all future plans are contingent on the C D B G . T h e group will learn whether they were approved for the funding early next month. Janet Van Fleet, president of SPA, feels confident they'll get the grant. "We are so close, there's no doubt in my mind it's going to happen," she enthuses. If the money comes through, the two long narrow spaces on the first floor will be transformed into an art gallery and cafe. T h e second and third floors would accommodate up to 20 artists in studios, and SPA would offer classes to seniors, preschoolers

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and disabled people as well as professional artists and craftspeopie. Van Fleet characterizes the nonprofit project as an economic gift to downtown. "Barre is trying to position itself as a destination," she says. "Downtowns are no longer the commercial centers they were before, but they're still the hearts of communities. Barre is...historically a center for the arts." Applying for the CDBG, " however, has meant convincing Barre residents that they need an arts center. In a description of the SPA project, under the heading "What the Community Needs," board members claim the center will jump-start the local economy, "as the arts are a proven force

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plenty of cow patties to step in around Hardwick — but this isn't your typical organic garden metaphor, either. It's more akin to the macabre flesh-for-daffodils routine, the existential muck based on Walt Whitmans poem, "This Compost," which describes the foul meat of human carcasses rotting in soil the poet intends to plow. Jackman and King consider Whitman's compost the paradigm for their incubator. Their aim is to provide a low-rent residency and studio space for urban refugees — artists like themselves. "It's harder and harder for artists to afford to live in the cities," Jackman says. "With the computer you can sell art on-line and live in a beautiful place. You don't need to live below 14th Street anymore." Not everyone in Hardwick appreciates the larger meaning of Compost. Last July King's Volkswagen bus was vandalized. Someone filled the engine with rocks and dirt, then tore off the hoses and electrical wiring. That same month the fire marshal shooed out artists bartering for space because the building did not meet code requirements for safety. Jackman and King believe townspeople tipped off the state Labor and Industry department. "It would almost be a performance piece, it's such a farce what we've dealt with," Jackman says. In spite of the bad vibes, Jackman and King are hanging in there. Last winter, they found

themselves researching building codes and legal issues. King, who could establish a second career as a Gap model, describes herself as a secretary, construction worker, paralegal, grant writer and ceramicist. Jackman, who favors grunge-style paint-encrusted Tshirts and plaid shorts — perhaps in reaction to a stint at the Fashion Institute of Technology — is an all-round handyman, construction worker and painter. In addition to their work at Compost and their personal art projects, both have taken parttime jobs. Faced with $100,000 renovations to bring the two buildings up to code, Jackman and King have postponed their nonprofit residency program until next summer. Now they're focused on offering exhibition, classroom and performance space to other artists. The couple hope to support themselves and Compost through entrepreneurial projects like the new restaurant-bar called Egress they plan to open in October. "If you're completely dependent on grants, then you're going to censor yourself because you have to work within parameters," King asserts. "If you're entrepreneurial enough, you can take that money and use it any way you want." "We're not here to enlighten people," Jackman says. "We want to do our own thing, and we hope people will join us." ®

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his year the South End Art H o p will have viewers hopping just a little bit further. The annual event — comprising open studios, exhibits, a juried show in a boxcar and a party under a tent — is in its seventh year, and was the brainchild of the Pine Street Arts & Business Association. But Pine Street, a length of Burlington pavement lined with artists' studios and entrepreneurial artisans from furniture makers to chocolatiers, can no longer contain the Art Hop; artists, and offices willing to exhibit art, keep pushing the boundaries. But then, that's surely a role of art. When Art H o p commences this Friday, it will feature several new sites on its map, informs coordinator Therese Tayl or — the recently transformed Hood Plant on South Winooski Avenue being one of them. But the biggest surprise of all is 208 Flynn — a space that just last week was not quite ready for its primer coat. The building on Flynn Avenue, which most recently housed McAuliffe's office-supply outlet and warehouse, is still a work-in-progress — the vision of architect Brenda Alvarez Farrington and in the hands of her husband and father-in-laws firm, Farrington Construction. The brick behemoth — really two interconnected buildings — boasts 70,000 square feet, not including the basement, and 15-foot ceilings plus skylights. Visitors will find its Art H o p contribution, a 130-foot-long corridor affectionately called the Flynndog Gallery, lined on one side with promising spaces under construction. But in the front

southwest corner, Whistle Stop Antiques has already opened its glass doors — the sister-in-law of developer David Farrington Sr., proprietor Jeanne Shea got the luck of the draw with the sunniest corner. Her addition — across the street from Three Old Bats and Upstairs Antiques — enhances the 'hood as an antiques destination. The Farringtons collectively formed a partnership, explains Alvarez Farrington, to renovate 208 Flynn — the building's new official name. Its most sizeable tenant is Line Skiboards, a thriving young company aiming to do for its sport what Burton does for snowboarding. Its enormous facility — which will include an indoor skateboard bowl — abuts what will become a brick-lined courtyard and rear entrance. The Burlington Taiko Group was the first to arrive at 208 Flynn — the drummers "squatted" there before their spiffy new space was conceived, much less finished. Other studio tenants will include photographers Jeff Clarke and Alan Jakubek, artist Kristin Humbarger and industrial designer Todd Cary. A deli food service and Howard Center for Human Services will occupy other spaces. About 10,000 square feet of warehouse are not yet spoken for.

in Art Hop," says Alvarez Farrington. "It was fortuitous that the schedule worked out. Art H o p will be our introduction to the public." The developers had not initially thought of including a gallery at the site, but Line's unexpectedly huge space resulted in a long expanse of sheetrock that otherwise would have been divided into small glass-fronted offices. And a big blank wall, like an empty canvas, simply cries out for art, summarizes Alvarez Farrington. "We'd like to have shows seasonally or monthly," she says. "I can't predict right now." Indeed, the architect, a partner in Smith Alvarez Sienkiewycz, has her hands full at the moment. Walking around the building with a clipboard, cell phone and a coating of dust, Alvarez Farrington marvels at the creation taking shape before her. V "You don't see buildings like this," she says. "No one builds them like this anymore. It's too nice not to use it." "There's kind of a theme here, expanding the boundaries," says Taylor. "Maybe that's where Art Hop is going...expanding the collaborative, artistic feeling that's long existed. Instead of it going away, which it seems to be in some cities, it's expanding in Burlington." (Z)

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hough I'd been on course for slightly more than two hours, the Burlington Triathlon really began for me at 10:15 a.m. last Sunday. Having just completed the swimming and biking portions of the event, I set out to run the final 10 kilometers, or 6.2 miles, in a loop from North Beach. Within yards, my mind and body began a violent quarrel that was to continue unabated for the duration of the event. When I committed to racing in my first triathlon a little more than a month ago, I knew I was asking for trouble — I just didn't know how much. But as a bit of a sports dilettante — capable at most things, expert in none — combining three sports into one competition was an intriguing prospect. I did worry, however, about whether I'd be able to post a respectable time for all the world to see.

Though shorter than the grueling Ironman competition, the Burlington Triathlon is no walk in the park. Using Olympic distances for the first time this year, the race began at North Beach with a 1.5-kilometer swim in Lake Champlain, a 40K bike ride to Charlotte and back, followed by a 10K running loop along the bike path before wending its way back to North Beach. In all, a competitor could expect to go full-tilt for the better part of a morning. As a neophyte, I had no idea exactly how fast I could expect to go, so I did some "ciphering," a la Jethro Clampett, to determine a target time. Based on my time in the YMCA pool years ago, swimming about nine-tenths of a mile translated into a 36-minute allowance. The Tour de France boys average 30 mph, so I'd

shoot for half that over 25 miles, or a 1:40 ride. Running is my strength, and I consider an eightminute mile a good pace, leaving 48 minutes for pounding the pavement. Add in a few minutes in each transition, and three hours, 10 minutes seemed reasonable enough. Secretly, of course, I harbored the goal of finishing in under three hours. For most athletes, the race itself is just a test; participation and personal improvement are far more important goals than beating the competition. In my case — and there is no delicate way to put this — personal improvement meant turning the tide on an ever-expanding midriff. While this was my main motivation, there was also the fact that I didn't want to be embarrassed in my Speedo on race day. One of the beauties of the triathlon is that diversity is the spice of a sports-training life. Though I had my worries, not the least of which was drowning during the swim portion of the race, I was never bored. I'd swim in the lake or at Indian Brook Reservoir, often running the trails nearby before hitting the water. Other days, I'd ride my mountain bike or set out on the road, depending on which clunker seemed to be in the mood for an outing. On race day, I felt remarkably calm as I stood at North Beach, waiting to join my wave of 30to 39-year-old triathletes as they hit the water. Earlier in the week, I was reminded of an important lesson while getting whipped by a petite 12-year-old girl in a trail race at the Catamount Family Center: Don't start too quick, pace yourself, run your own race. Remembering this strategy, I was at ease as the start horn blew and I loped into the water toward the

first buoy anchored in hip-deep water. Often triathletes complain of the nasty kicks and jostling between dozens of adrenalinecrazed competitors all trying to swim the shortest distance at the same time. But in the first 200 yards, there were only a few minor knocks — usually followed by a gasped apology — as I settled into my place in the • middle of the pack. Swim conditions were good, though not perfect. The water was warm — and I was one of the few without a Neoprene "tri-suit" — but a 10-knot southerly wind whipped up a steady chop. Biding my time, I swam steadily against the waves. At the outermost buoy, my breathing slowed as I found my rhythm and practically surfed the waves back toward the beach. Buoyant over my early-morning wake-up swim, I left the water after just 28 minutes — eight minutes ahead of schedule.

As I rode my bike, I took in the scenery and admired the super-fit athletes around me. Sometime in the future, I thought, I'd like to look like them, but for the time being, I was proud just to be among them. Around mile 20, near Overlook Park, family and strangers cheered my arrival. With the wind now behind me, I hammered the pedals. "The faster the bike ride, the more wiggle room on the run," I reflected.

I'm nowhere near the condition of Watson, a world-class triathlete with Ironman experience, but breaking three hours now seemed doable, and I was ecstatic. But somehow, within the first 20 yards of the run, my whole perspective changed — from euphoria to torture. With the heat index rising and my energy reserves falling, my mind and body commenced to melt down. Cramps wracked my right side. Barrel-legged athletes filed by, but my legs were like logs seeping with lactic acid. Surprisingly, I shuffled off the first mile in eight and a half minutes. The next four miles of the run weren't to be as smooth. In a daze of exhaustion, I made feeble attempts to stay focused on the task at hand. Corners, fire hydrants and street signs became goals to run to, or markers to start running again. Water stations were legitimate stops to pour water over myself in a vain attempt to lower my body temperature. Mostly, it added weight to the all-too-heavy millstones I usually call my sneakers. Despite my efforts, my mental state wasn't good. Endurance events are all about conditioning, but only one part is physical; the rest is psychological. Plain and simple, I hadn't suffered enough in training. When my body called out to protect itself, the mind caved. Worse still, the mind began to conspire with the body. The temptation to pull a Rosie Ruiz and cheat occurred to me more than I like to admit. Fortunately, some last vestiges of strength — or maybe the fact that there wasn't a T-station handy — kept me on my feet and moving. Split times soared to well over 10 minutes J per mile. But somewhere in the New North End I lost any concern for time. I ' * just wanted to survive. With one mile to go, any hope of a three-hour triathlon had long since | expired. But inexplicably, I summoned up the last of my resources and broke out of my hang-dog shuffle into a run. I ran partly to keep alive my chances at a 3:10 triathlon, and partly to keep face near the finish area. But mostly, I ran to put an end to the suffering.

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As I cruised down Pearl Street breaking the city speed limit, traffic cops and volunteers held back gas-guzzling vehicles at intersections and, for a fleeting moment, made me feel like athletic royalty. I reveled in the vibe as I once again entered the transition area and changed into my running shoes. Over the loudspeaker, I heard the announcer call out the arrival of race winner Tim Watson of Grand Isle in a time of 1:59:07^

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BAG OF P A N T I E S (alt-rock), Club Metronome, 9:30 p.m. $2. 2 7 D O W N (rock), Nectar's, 9:30 p.m. N C . LIQUID (extreme house; DJ Craig Mitchell), Club Extreme, 9 p.m. N C SOLOMONIC SOUND SYSTEM (reggae DJ), J.P's Pub, 10 p.m. NC. O P E N M I K E W/D. DAVIS, Cactus Cafe, 9 p.m. N C . KIP M E A K E R (blues), Vermont Pub & Brewery, 9:30 p.m. N C . DJ J O E Y K (hip-hop), Last Chance Saloon, 10:30 p.m. NC. DJ D A P P , Club 156, 9:30 p.m. NC. T R 0 M B L E Y & KING (rock) Trackside Tavern, 9 p.m. NC. G U S T E R , J U M P L I T T L E CHILD R E N (alt-rock), Higher Ground, 9:30 p.m. $10/12. K A R A O K E W/MATT & B O N N I E D R A K E , Edgewater Pub, 9 p.m. NC. G U Y C 0 L A S A C C 0 (singer-songwriter), Jake's, 6:30 p.m. NC. K A R A O K E , Swany's, 9 p.m. N C . T N T K A R A O K E , Thirsty Turtle, 9:30 p.m. N C .

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RIK P A U E R I (folk)j, Burlington Coffeehouse at Rhombus, S ^ g 8 p.m. $6. F R E D G I L L E N (singer-songwriter), Borders, 8 p.m. N C . W O M E N ' S D A N C E , 135 Pearl, 6 p.m. $5, followed by CRAIG M I T C H E L L (DJ), 10 p.m. $4/5. R O D N E Y & F R I E N D S (acoustic), Ri Rit, 6 p.m. N C . A D A M R O S E N B E R G (singersongwriter), Sweetwaters, 9 p.m. NC. T O P HAT DJ, Ruben James, 11 p.m. N C . V 0 R C Z A TRIO (lounge/jazz/ funk), Red Square, 9:30 p.m. NC. SALSA & MERENGUE L E S S O N S , Club Metronome, 8 p.m. N C , followed by B A B A L 0 0 (punk mambo), 9:30 p.m. $5. COBALT B L U E (blues/rock), Nectars, 9:30 p.m. N C . ORGY (retro remix/r&b/hiphop; DJs Frostee 6c Robbie J.), Club Extreme, 9 p.m. $3. DJS T O X I C & FRICTION (hiphop/house), Club 156, 9:30 p.m. N C . J E S S E (rock), Vermont Pub &t Brewery, 9:30 p.m. N C . LIVE M U S I C , Alley Cats, 9 p.m. NC. C O M E D Y Z O N E (stand-up), Radisson Hotel, 8 &C 10 p.m. $8.

F U L L CIRCLE (rock), Henrys Pub, Holiday Inn, 9 p.m. N C . C A B A R E T DIOSA, SIRIUS (Latin exotica), Higher Ground, 9:30 p.m. $5. E A S T C O A S T M U S C L E (rock), Trackside Tavern, 9 p.m. $2. K A R A O K E W/MATT & B O N N I E D R A K E , Backstage Pub, 9 p.m. NC. S A N D B L I Z Z A R D (rock), Edgewater Pub, 9 p.m. N C . J O H N C A S S E L (jazz piano), Tavern, Inn at Essex, 7 p.m. NC. LIVE J A Z Z , Diamond Jims Grille, 7:30 p.m. N C . H A R D L U C K (rock), Franny O's, 9 p.m. N C . E D G E OF S U N D O W N (rock), City Limits, 9 p.m. $2.

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G U Y C O L A S A C C O (singer-songwriter), Jake's, 6:30 p.m. N C . F U L L CIRCLE (rock), Henry's Pub, Holiday Inn, 9 p.m. N C . J E N N I J O H N S O N (jazz/blues), Tuckaway's, Sheraton Hotel, 9 p.m. N C . T H E SWINGIN' V E R M O N T BIG BAND, Higher Ground, swing lesson 8 p.m.; dance party 9 p.m. $12. E A S T C O A S T M U S C L E (rock), Trackside Tavern, 9 p.m. $2. M R . F R E N C H (rock), Backstage Pub, 9 p.m. N C . S A N D B L I Z Z A R D (rock), Edgewater Pub, 9 p.m. N C . D U R A N G O (country; line dancing), Cobbweb, 8:30 p.m. $7/12.

SATURDAY M U S I C IN T H E PARK W/RON JACOBS, MICHAEL NEDELL, MICHAEL BREINER, MARK PEKAR, K L E Z M E R MUSIC, CRAIG C H A L O N E , A E S T H E S I A O R C H E S T R A , Battery Park, Burlington, 4 p.m. N C . BOOTLESS & UNHORSED (Irish), Last Chance Saloon, 7:30 p.m. N C M A R I A N N E F L E M M I N G (singersongwriter), Burlington Coffeehouse at Rhombus, 8 p.m. $6. L I T T L E M A R T I N (DJ), 135 Pearl, 10 p.m. $4/5. JOHN LACKARD BLUES BAND, Nectar's, 9:30 p.m. N C . R E T R O N O M E (DJ Craig Mitchell), Club Metronome, 10 p.m. $2. ADDISON GROOVE PROJECT (groove/jazz), Red Square, 9:30 p.m. N C . K A R A O K E , J.P.'s Pub, 9 p.m. NC.

K A R A O K E W/FRANK, Franny O's, 9 p.m. NC. E D G E OF S U N D O W N (rock), City Limits, 9 p.m. $2. T A N T R U M (rock), Swanys, 9:30 p.m. N C . S H O T G U N W E D D I N G (rock), Thirsty Turtle, 9 p.m. $3. B L U E S B U S T E R S , Mountain Roadhouse, 9 p.m. N C . LIVE M U S I C , Rusty Nail, 9 p.m. $4. J E S S E (rock), Matterhorn, 9 p.m. $3. DJ LP, Charlie O's, 9:30 p.m. NC.

LIVE M U S I C (acoustic), Boony's, 7 p.m. N C . H U G E M E M B E R S (rock), Nightspot Outback, 9 p.m. N C .

where to go Alley-Cats, 41 King St., Burl., 6 6 0 - 4 3 0 4 . Backstage Pub, 60 Pearl St., Essex Jet., 8 7 8 - 5 4 9 4 . Boony's, Rt. 236, Franklin, 9 3 3 - 4 5 6 9 . Borders Books & Music, 29 Church St., Burlington, 8 6 5 - 2 7 1 1. Breakwater Cafe, King St. Dock, Burlington, 8 6 4 - 9 8 0 4 . Burlington Coffeehouse at Rhombus, 186 College St., Burlington, 864-5888. Cactus Cafe, 1 Lawson Ln„ Burl., 8 6 2 - 6 9 0 0 . Capitol Grounds, 45 State St., Montpelier, 2 2 3 - 7 8 0 0 . Carbur's, 115 St. Paul St., Burlington, 8 6 2 - 4 1 0 6 . Cambridge Coffee House, Smugglers' Notch Inn, Jeffersonville, 644-2233. Champion's, 32 Main St., Winooski, 6 5 5 - 4 7 0 5 . Charlie O's, 70 Main St., Montpelier, 2 2 3 - 6 8 2 0 . Chicken Bone, 43 King St., Burlington, 8 6 4 - 9 6 7 4 . Chow! Bella, 28 N. Main St., St. Albans, 5 2 4 - 1 4 0 5 . City Limits, 14 Greene St. Vergennes, 8 7 7 - 6 9 1 9 . Club Extreme, 165 Church St., Burlington, 6 6 0 - 2 0 8 8 . Club Metronome, 188 Main St., Burlington, 8 6 5 - 4 5 6 3 . Club 156, 156 St. Paul St., Burlington, 6 5 8 - 3 9 9 4 . Cobbweb, Sandybirch Rd., Georgia, 5 2 7 - 7 0 0 0 . Deerleap Books, 25 Main St., Bristol, 4 5 3 - 5 6 8 4 . Diamond Jim's Grille, Highgate Comm. Shpg. Ctr., St. Albans, 524-9280.

SUNDAY J E N N I J O H N S O N (jazz/blues), Sweetwaters, 11:30 a.m. N C . L A U R A M 0 L I N E L L I (singer-songwriter), Borders, 3 p.m. N C . S U N D A Y S E S S I O N S (trad. Irish), RI Ra, 5 p.m. N C . P I A N O BAR W/R0B H A N D E L , 135 Pearl, 6 p.m. N C . M A R K S T E P H E N H A G E N (rock), Nectar's, 9:30 p.m. N C . S U N D A Y M A S S (turntablism), Club Metronome, 9 p.m. $2. MUSIC AGAINST HUNGER W/DANIEL MCBRIDE & 13 H A N D S , CRAIG H U R W I T Z , REBECCA F0LS0M, KATHERINE Q U I N N (acoustic; benefit for Project Angel Food), Red Square, 8 p.m. $5. H I P - H O P N I G H T W/T0P HAT (DJ), Rasputin's, 9:30 p.m. N C . C U L T U R E C L A S H (Latin house DJ), Club Extreme, 9 p.m. N C . RUSS & CO. (rock), J.P.'s Pub, 9:30 p.m. N C . T H E H E R B A L I Z E R , ROOTS M A N U V A (hip-hop/rap), Higher Ground, 9:30 p.m. $14. K A R A O K E W/MATT & B O N N I E D R A K E , Edgewater Pub, 9 p.m. NC.

Dockside Restaurant, 209 Battery St., Burlington, 8 6 4 - 5 2 6 6 . Edgewater Pub, 3 4 0 Malletts Bay Ave., Colchester, 8 6 5 - 4 2 1 4 . Emerald City Nightclub, 114 River St., Montpelier, 2 2 3 - 7 0 0 7 . Finnigan's Pub, 2 0 5 College St., Burlington, 8 6 4 - 8 2 0 9 . Flynn Theatre, 153 Main St., Burlington, 8 6 3 - 5 9 6 6 . Franny O's 7 3 3 Queen City Pk. Rd., Burlington, 8 6 3 - 2 9 0 9 . Good Times Cafe, Hinesburg Village, Rt. 116, 4 8 2 - 4 4 4 4 . Halvorson's, 16 Church St., Burlington, 6 5 8 - 0 2 7 8 . Henry's, Holiday Inn, 1068 Williston Rd.. S. Burlington, 8 6 3 - 6 3 6 1 . Higher Ground, 1 Main St., Winooski, 6 5 4 - 8 8 8 8 . Jake's, 1233 Shelburne Rd., S. Burlington, 6 5 8 - 2 2 5 1 . Jeff's Maine Seafood, 65 N. Main St., St. Albans, 5 2 4 - 6 1 3 5 . J.P. Morgan's at Capitol Plaza, 100 Main St., Montpelier, 2 2 3 - 5 2 5 2 . J.P.'s Pub, 139 Main St., Burlington, 6 5 8 - 6 3 8 9 . LaBrioche, 89 Main St., Montpelier, 2 2 9 - 0 4 4 3 . Last Chance Saloon, 147 Main, Burlington, 8 6 2 - 5 1 5 9 . Leunig's, 115 Church St., Burlington, 8 6 3 - 3 7 5 9 . Mad Mountain Tavern, Rt. 100, Waitsfield, 4 9 6 - 2 5 6 2 . Main St. Bar & Grill, 118 Main St., Montpelier, 2 2 3 - 3 1 8 8 . Manhattan Pub, 167 Main St., Burlington, 6 5 8 - 6 7 7 6 . Matterhorn, 4 9 6 9 Mountain Rd., Stowe, 2 5 3 - 8 1 9 8 . The Mountain Roadhouse, 1677 Mountain Rd., Stowe, 2 5 3 - 2 8 0 0 . NECI Commons, 25 Church St., Burlington, 8 6 2 - 6 3 2 4 . Nectar's, 188 Main St., Burlington, 6 5 8 - 4 7 7 1 . The Nightspot Outback, Killington Rd., Killington, 4 2 2 - 9 8 8 5 135 Pearl St., Burlington, 8 6 3 - 2 3 4 3 . Radisson Hotel, 6 0 Battery St., Burlington, 6 5 8 - 6 5 0 0 . Rasputin's, 163 Church St., Burlington, 8 6 4 - 9 3 2 4 . Red Square, 136 Church St., Burlington, 8 5 9 - 8 9 0 9 . Rhombus, 186 College St., Burlington, 8 6 5 - 3 1 4 4 . Ripton Community Coffee House, Rt. 125, 3 8 8 - 9 7 8 2 . Ri Ra, 123 Church St., Burlington, 8 6 0 - 9 4 0 1 . Ruben James, 159 Main St., Burlington, 8 6 4 - 0 7 4 4 . Rusty Nail, Mountain Rd., Stowe, 2 5 3 - 6 2 4 5 . Swany's, 215 Main St., Vergennes, 8 7 7 - 3 6 6 7 . Sweetwaters, 118 Church St., Burlington, 8 6 4 - 9 8 0 0 . The Tavern at the Inn at Essex, Essex Jet., 8 7 8 - 1 1 0 0 . Thirsty Turtle, 1 S. Main St., Waterbury, 2 4 4 - 5 2 2 3 . Three Mountain Lodge, Rt. 108, Jeffersonville, 6 4 4 - 5 7 3 6 . Toadstool Harry's, Rt. 4, Killington, 4 2 2 - 5 0 1 9 . Trackside Tavern, 18 Malletts Bay Ave., Winooski, 6 5 5 - 9 5 4 2 . Tuckaway's, Sheraton, 8 7 0 Williston Rd., S. Burlington, 8 6 5 - 6 6 0 0 . 2 4 2 Main, Burlington, 8 6 2 - 2 2 4 4 . Valley Players Theater, Rt. 100, Waitsfield, 4 9 6 - 8 9 1 0 . Vermont Pub & Brewery, 144 College, Burlington, 8 6 5 - 0 5 0 0 . Villa Tragara, Rt. 100, Waterbury Ctr., 2 4 4 - 5 2 8 8 . Windjammer, 1076 Williston Rd., S. Burlington, 8 6 2 - 6 5 8 5 .

PATTI C A S E Y (acoustic folk), La Brioche, 11 a.m. N C . DAVID K R A U S (jazz guitar), Capitol Grounds, 11 a.m. N C . RICK R E D I N G T 0 N (acoustic rock), Nightspot Outback, 9 p.m. N C .

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T A N T R U M (rock), Swanys, 9:30 p.m. N C . T N T DJ, Thirsty Turtle, 9 p.m. , $3 GEORGE VOLAND & FRIENDS (jazz), J.P. Morgans, 7:30 p.m. NC. DAD (groove rock), Charlie O's, 9 p.m. N C . MICHELE LALIBERTE & TOM C L E A R Y (European cabaret), Villa Tragara, 6:30 p.m. $5 with dinner. JOEY LEONE & CHOP SHOP (blues), Mountain Roadhouse, 9 p.m. N C . LIVE M U S I C , Rusty Nail, 9 p.m. $4. EVENMIND, THE IMPLANTS, CRACKWHORE, M E D E A CONNECTION, CHAINSAWS AND C H I L D R E N (hardcore, punk), Base Lodge, Johnson State College, 7 p.m. N C . H U G E M E M B E R S (rock), Nightspot Outback, 9 p.m. NC.

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join locals Craig Hurwitz, Rebecca Folsom and Katherine Quinn this Sunday at Red Square in a concert that will benefit Project Angel Food. The Burlington-based, all-volunteer nonprofit "rescues" food from restaurants, caterers, grocery stores and bakers and delivers it to shelters and other nonprofits that serve people in need. "Miles Davis of bluegrass" — loves the northern limelight. Check the listings for appearances this week and next, and listen in on WTZN's "Grateful Dead Hour" Sunday night (106.7 FM) for a pre-taped interview with Clements and Jalapenos Glen Schweitzer and Jay Catalano. 'PERK'-ING UP Well, if you can't get mainstream America to buy your records, at least there are endorsements. Chin Ho!, who recently added Jagermeister to their credits, just received a $1750 grant from the B.E.A.M. (Benefiting Emerging Artists in Music) program created by Jim Beam Bourbon. The band will use the welcome influx of cash to upgrade some equipment, and reportedly also gets "counseling and advice" from Pat DiNizio, lead singer for The Smithereens and chair of the B.E.A.M. advisory board. Hey, I won't be the one to tell them that Ho! frontman Andrew Smith doesn't even drink! Meanwhile, the lovely St. Albans songstress Kate Barclay signed an "artist deal" with Taylor Guitars and she gets — guess what — a Taylor Jumbo 955 12-string guitar. That will go nicely with the Elixir guitar strings she already endorses . . . DO GOOD DEPT. Hunger is not a good thing. Music is. That's why Music Against Hunger — the brainchild of New Jersey musician Daniel McBride — is an even better thing. McBride and his folk-rock band 13 Hands

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SINGLE TRACKS Punksters, heads up on the 2nd annual "Vagrant Entropy" — a.k.a. a kick-ass punk show at Johnson State this Friday. Evenmind, The Implants, Crackwhore, Medea Connection and Chainsaws and Children heat up the Base Lodge . . . Check out southern Vermont singer-songwriter Laura Molinelli on The Point's "Crossroads" Sunday morning — a preview of her afternoon gig at Borders in Burlington . . . Don't miss three reggae legends at Metronome this Tuesday: Former Black Uhuru frontman Michael Rose, Andrew Tosh (uncannily sounding like father Peter) and great riddim bassist Fully FullWOOd lead the charge on the "Freedom Fighter Tour" . . . If, like me, you were eagerly anticipating The Beta Band at Higher Ground last Tuesday, you probably know by now the Scots scotched. Somebody got the flu, I'm told. No makeup date yet, but check this space for news . . . What's in a name? Hey, Taylor is pretty common, but if you're the daughter of James Taylor and Carly Simon, you might have an uncommon opportunity to make your own name. Sally Taylor spells it out at Metronome this Wednesday . . . Nicole Saltus hosts her last "Homebrew" on 99.9 The Buzz this Sunday night, and hopes that listeners/musicians will call in to contribute. Station honchos are still considering the resumes and will choose a replacement soon. Stay tuned . . . ®

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unique and musically complex deluge of sound. At times the quartet sounds as out of control as an early '70s free jazz ensemble. But throughout, tight musicianship and excellent production keep these various musical tangents together and allow the band to fully express an intense and genuine set of ideas and emotions that have everything to do with frustration and despair. As intense as it is, Non Compos' music might work well as a sort of therapy. In Japan, entrepreneurs rent rooms filled with fragile glass objects and furnish baseball bats and protective eyewear to anyone willing to pay an hourly rental fee. It's a big hit with overworked business men. Here, we have bands like Non Compos, the perfect remedy for the frustrated teen who feels like blowing up his high school the next time Bret the quarterback calls him a "shithead" in front of a girl he had a crush on in junior high. In the era of angry, gun-toting kids, we need bands like Non Compos. Parents and school administrators who blame music for the recent epidemic of teenage violence have got it backwards. Let the kids crank up a good dose of truly intense music like this, and maybe all their frustrations would have a healthy outlet.

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the authenticity of his feelings, but the way he expresses them is short on grace and originality. I did like the sentiment on the chimy "Something to You," and when Rosenberg and Williams pick it up a notch for the last few songs, the ode to travel, "Across the Border," and the melodic "Pouring Rain" caught my ear. Both rock mellowly in a Springsteen Tunnel of Love sorta way Rosenberg's tenor vibrato recalls Phil Ochs at times, particularly as the lonesome traveler in "The Train" (featuring strings by Peter Miller), but that style seems to lend the songs a false gravity that the lyrics belie. "Tractor Dreams" and "Delancy Street" both have a Harry Chapin-ish story-song feel and deal with the hard knocks of Sin City. Johnny the Farmboy of the former naturally goes back to the land. Sensitivity can be good, but rendering complex feelings in the bankrupt shorthand of cliche and unsubtle poetry serves no one. There's some pleasant music and passion On the Moon-, but on his next mission Rosenberg ought to pay more attention to craft. Catch the liye version this Friday at Sweetwaters in Burlington. — Paul Gibson

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continued from page 2 5 ALLEY CATS JAM W/NERBAK BROS. (rock), Alley Cats, 9:30 p.m. N C . DICK EASTER & MIDNIGHT LIGHTNING (rock), Nectar's, 9:30 p.m. NC. SWING DANCE LESSONS, Club Metronome, beginner 7 p.m.; intermediate 7:30 p.m.; advanced 8:30 p.m. N C . GRIPPO (funky jazz), Red Square, 9:30 p.m. N C . OPEN MIKE, Rasputin's, 9 p.m. N C . BORDER II (DJ Derreck Brown), Club Extreme, 9 p.m. N C . OPEN MIKE, Charlie O's, 9 p.m. NC. JERRY LAVENE (jazz guitar), Chow! Bella, 6 p.m. N C . JALAPENO BROS. W/VASSAR CLEMENTS, BUDDY CAGE & TONY TRISCHKA (roots), Dibden Ctr., Johnson State College, 7:30 p.m". $5.

TUESDAY ROBERT CRAY W/MEMPHIS HORNS (blues), Flynn Theatre, 8 p.m. $22.50/30. O P E N M I K E (acoustic), Burlington Coffeehouse at Rhombus, 8 p.m. Donations.

HOUSE PARTY: DRAG BINGO W/LADY ZENO, 135 Pearl, 8 p.m. N C , followed by ROB PSYCHOTROPE (DJ), 10 p.m. N C . FREEDOM FIGHTER TOUR W/MICHAEL ROSE, THE FULLY FULLWOOD BAND, ANDREW TOSH (reggae), Club Metronome, 9:30 p.m. $5. SHAUNA ANTONIUC, JOE CAPPS & CHRIS PETERMAN (jazz), Leunig's, 7:30 p.m. N C . JAMES HARVEY (jazz), Red Square, 9:30 p.m. N C . BL00Z0T0MY (jump blues), Nectar's, 9:30 p.m. NC. BASHMENT (reggae/dancehall DJs), Ruben James, 10 p.m. N C . DISCO FEVER (DJ Frostee), Club Extreme, 9 p.m. N C . DJ MELO GRANT (r&b/hip-hop), Club 156, 9:30 p.m. N C . JALAPENO BROS. W/VASSAR CLEMENTS, BUDDY CAGE & TONY TRISCHKA (acoustic roots), Higher Ground, 9:30 p.m. $10/12.

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feeling after a b a d n i g h t at t h e bars. Indeed, N o r t h e r n Stage m i g h t have been u n d e r t h e i n f l u e n c e w h e n it decided to relocate a p r o d u c t i o n of A

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R.E.M.: Veteran rocker Patti Smith opens for the Georgia-born alternative group led by Michael Stipe. Saratoga Performing Arts Center, Saratoga, N.Y., 8:15 p.m. $17.50-37.50. Info, 518-587-3330.

dance LATIN DANCE: Maybe it doesn't take two to tango. . . Singles learn the essentials of samba, merengue and Argentina's signature step. Jazzercise, Williston, 8-10 p.m. $5. Info, 879-3998.

drama ' T W E L F T H N I G H T ' : Be on the lookout for shipwrecks, forgery and unrequit-

ed love in Shakespeare's comedy of selfdiscovery. Weston Playhouse, 3 p.m. $25. Info, 824-5288. 'BARRYMORE': The troubled life of legendary actor John Barrymore is the subject of this play by William Luce. Dorset Playhouse, 2 & 8 p.m. $22-32. Info, 867-5777. 'AMBER PATCHES': Legendary actress Julie Harris stars in the world premiere of Peter Dee's dark comedy about the power of love. Pendragon Theatre, Saranac Lake, N.Y., 8 p.m. $25. Info, 518-891-1854.

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words POETRY READING: Burlington Dick BatFace reads from his work "For Adult Weirdos Only." Rhombus Gallef 186 College St., Burlington, 8 p.m. $ 6. Info, 865-0569. PARENT-CHILD B O O K GROUP: Parents and their offspring get on the same page of Dickens' A Tale of Two Cities. Deerleap Books, Bristol, 7-8:30 p.m. Free. Info, 453-5684. CANADIAN LITERATURE SERIES Fran Cerulli leads a literary tour north

• Also, see exhibit openings in the art listings.

with Wordstruck, by Robert MacNeil.

FIGURE DRAWING: The human figure motivates aspiring and accomplished artists in a weekly drawing session at the Firehouse Gallery, Burlington, 6:30-9:30 p.m. $3-6. Info, 865-7165. O P E N PAINTING: Bring your brush and palette to this creative expression ses-

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STORIES: Little listeners hear stories, snack and make crafts at the Children's Pages, Winooski, 10 a.m. Free. Info, 655-1537. 'TINY TOTS' STORIES: The threeand-under crowd hears tall tales read aloud. Barnes & Noble, S. Burlington, 10 a.m. Free. Info, 864-8001.

SENIOR WALKS: Stroll for fitness in health-conscious company. Weekly walks start at Leddy Park Arena, Burlington, 10 a.m. Free. Info, 864-0123.

etc VERMONT STATE FAIR: Horse shows, racing pigs, music and something called a "banjomobile" make this fair a real-Vermont favorite. Rutland Fairgrounds, 10 a.m. - 11 p.m. $10. Info, 775-5200. BLOOD DRAWING: Share a pint with a stranger at the Red Cross Blood Center, 32 North Prospect St., Burlington, 10 a.m. - 7 p.m. Free. Info, 658-6400. ADULT LEARNING PANEL: Speakers from the University of Vermont, Champlain College, Essex Technical Center and the Vermont Student Assistance Corporation talk about challenges and resources for later learners, Holiday Inn, S. Burlington, 7:15 p.m. Free. Info, 660-2658. , ,,

BRIDGE DAYS: Card players sharpen their bidding techniques and compere in supervised and duplicate play. Basin Harbor Club, Ferrisburgh, 9 a.m. $50. Info, 475-2311. HOMEOWNERSHIP ORIENTATION: Potential buyers learn how to shop — and pay — for a home at the Burlington Community Land Trust, noon. Free. Register, 660-0642. URBAN FORESTRY VOLUNTEERS: Branch Out Burlington holds its monthly meeting to spruce up the city. Fletcher Free Library, Burlington, 7-8:30 p.m. Free. Info, 862-8245. SPANISH POTLUCK: Practice your Spanish while dining on donated dishes at the College St. Congregational Church, Burlington, 6 p.m. Free. Info, 652-0806. UNITED WAY KICKOFF PARTY: Supporters and volunteers launch a new fundraising campaign with food and entertainment at Burlington City Hall Auditorium, 5:30-7 p.m. $6. Register, 864-7541. CREDIT COUNSELING SEMINAR: Learn to get a grip on your finances at the Vermont Development Credit Union, 18 Pearl St., Burlington, 6:30-8 p.m. Free. Register, 800-660-5609 ext. 99. ATTENTION DEFICIT MEETING: Children and adults with this neurobiological disorder find support and infor-

mation at the Austin Auditorium, Fletcher Allen Health Care Center, Burlington, 6:30-8:30 p.m. Free. Info, 651-7615. LAW WORKSHOP: Local attorney Sandra Baird conducts a clinic on legal rights and family court. Community Justice Center, Burlington, 2-4 p.m. Free. Info, 865-7155.

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tliursda; drama 'BARRYMORE': See September 8, 8 p.m. T H E NORMAL HEART' AUDITIONS: Theatre Factory is looking for a few good men to play in its production of the Larry Kramer drama. Mann Hall Auditorium, Trinity College, Burlington, 7-9 p.m. Free. Info, 872-2738. OLIVER' AUDITIONS: The Middlebury Community Players need actors, urchins and backstage help for this Dickens-derived musical. Middlebury Union High School, 6 p.m. Free. Register, 388-6116. A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM': Set in Prohibition-era

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cards. Rhombus Gallery, 186 College St., Burlington, 8 p.m. $5-7. Info, 879-5726. YOUTH DIALOGUE: Community members of all ages seek solutions to the problems confronting todays kids. Memorial Auditorium Annex, Burlington, 6:30-8:30 p.m. Free. Info, 865-7155. MILITARY HISTORY TALK: Explore Vermont's patriotic past through letters from soldiers written during the Revolutionary and Civil wars. Book Rack, Champlain Mill, Winooski, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 655-0231. THRIFT SALE: Look for deals on crafts, furniture and a lot of stuff you never knew you needed. Trinity United Methodist Church, 137 Main St., Montpelier, 4-6 p.m. Free. Info, 223-7997. HERBAL MEDICINE: The Northeast Farming Association helps you ready your medicine chest for winter, when you just might need an organic mustard plaster. Teen Center, Randolph, 6:30-8:30 p.m. $13. Register, 434-4122. Y2K PROJECT PLANNING: Small-business owners get a crash course on millennial preparedness via interactive television. Venues throughout Vermont, 12:30-3:30 p.m. Free. Register, 888-925-7658.

Harlem, Shakespeare's comic masterpiece gets a new twist. See "to do" list, this issue. Briggs Opera House, White River Junction, 8 p.m. $10. Info, 291-9009.

words MICHAEL J. NEDELL: The Burlington poet and founder of the Free Word Association reads and signs his First novel, Saint Michael's Letters to the Aesthesians. Firehouse Gallery, Burlington, 6 p.m. Free. Info, 865-7165. 'CALL OF THE DOVE': Share music and "poetry for peace" with fellow mellow types. Bring a cushion to the Waterfront Holistic Healing Center, Burlington, 7-8:30 p.m. Donations. Info, 865-2756. BRIAN LUKE SEAWARD: The author of Stressed Is Desserts Spelled Backward signs and reads from his silver-lined book. Barnes & Noble, S. Burlington, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 864-8001. POETRY WORKSHOP: A drop-in session for beginner bards is followed by an open reading. Ilsley Public Library, Main St., Middlebury, 1 p.m. Free. Info, 388-7523.

kids STORY HOUR: Young readers learn from lighthearted literature in a country setting. Flying Pig Children's Books, Charlotte, 10:30 a.m. Free. Info, 425-2600.

'FLOATERS, FLYERS & HITCHHIKERS': Preschoolers examine traveling seed strategies. Green Mountain Audubon Society Nature Center, Huntington, 1-2 p.m. $3. Register, 434-5068.

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'PARIS TO BERLIN': Michele Laliberte and Tom Cleary perform cabaret classics by Boris Vian, Jacques Brel and Kurt Weill. Villa Tragara, Waterbury Center, 6:15 p.m. $5. Info, 244-5288.

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'MUSIC WITH ROBERT A N D GIGI': Kids sing songs with Robert Resnik and his fiddle-playing friend. Fletcher Free Library, Burlington, 1111:30 a.m. Free. Register, 865-7216.

etc THRIFT SALE: See September 9, 9 a.m. - 2 p.m. VERMONT STATE FAIR: See September 8. EDUCATION PANEL: A panel of education experts, including author Richard Katz, considers the impact of technology on higher education. Memorial Lounge, Waterman, UVM, Burlington, 10-11:30 a.m. Free. Info, 656-2005. 'UNDERSTANDING ANGER': Acharya Lama Gyursam explains how Buddhist thought can help you overcome rage. Unitarian Church, Montpelier, 7 p.m. $5. Info, 223-5435. BATTERED WOMEN'S SUPPORT GROUP: Women Helping Battered Women facilitates a group in Burlington, 9:30-11 a.m. Free. Info, 658-1996.

film 'LITTLE VOICE': Michael Caine plays the shifty agent in this movie about a reclusive girl with a knack for vocal imitation. Lake Placid Center For the Arts, Lake Placid, N.Y., 7:30 p.m. $5. Info, 518-523-2512.

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kids FISHING DERBY: The Child Angler Open Species contest is open to children no bigger than a hip wader — so long as they're under 14. Burlington Community Boathouse, 8:30 a.m. - noon. $2. Info, 864-0123. STORYTIME: Young readers delve into classic and new tales at a laidback, literary happening. Borders, Church St. Marketplace, Burlington, 11 a.m. Free. Info, 865-2711. STORIES: Kids three and up listen to literature read aloud. Fletcher Free Library, Burlington, 11-11:30 a.m. Free. Info, 865-7216. MATH TUTORIALS: Dr. Samuel J. Klein takes the "numb" out of numbers-crunching at this weekly session for high-schoolers. Room 373, Jeanmarie Hall, St. Michael's College, Colchester, 9 a.m. - noon. Free. Info, 865-5039.

sport TRIATHLON: Test your running, biking and swimming skills in an athletic challenge for average athletes. Twin Oaks Fitness Center, S. Burlington, 10:30 a.m. $12. Info, 658-0002. LONG TRAIL HIKE: The Burlington section of the Green Mountain Club leads a 10-mile hike from David Logan Shelter to Brandon Gap. Meet at the Richmond Park &c Ride, 7:15 a.m. Register, 899-3067. 'SOLING' COMPETITION: Captains of the remote-controlled model sailboats compete in the onemeter national championship.

Commodores Inn Pond, Stowe, 9:30 a.m. Free. Info, 800-247-8693. SPORTS SHOW: Gear up for the winter sport season as retailers showcase their newest products. Jackson Arena, Stowe, 11 a.m. - 5 p.m. $3. Info, 800-247-8693.

etc BLOOD DRAWING: See September 8. THRIFT SALE: See September 9, 9 a.m. - 1 p.m. VERMONT STATE FAIR: See September 8. INTERVALE FESTIVAL: The ecofriendly harvest happening serves up colonial-era games, hay rides and meadow muffin bingo. See "to do" list, this issue. Burlington Intervale, 10 a.m. - 5 p.m. Free. Info, 660-3500, ext. 243. FLEA MARKET: Bazaar behavior is expected at this bargain-filled bonanza. North Avenue Alliance Church, Burlington, 8 a.m. - 4 p.m. Free. Info, 864-0501. MEMORY-BOOK MAKING: Bring your photos to a scrapbook workshop and preserve your memories in volumes. Fletcher Free Library, Burlington, 2-4 p.m. Free. Info, 865-7216. MUSEUM VOLUNTEERS: Handson helpers commit to making the lake come alive through educational activities at the Lake Champlain Basin Science Center, Burlington, 12:304:30 p.m. Free. Register, 864-1848. HARVEST FESTIVAL: Families fall for this autumnal fest, with hay rides, cider pressing and visits to the petting zoo. Adams Apple Orchard & Farm Market, Old Stage Rd., Williston, 10 a.m. - 4 p.m. Free. Info, 879-5226. 'SCHOOL OF FOOLERY': "Lowbrow entertainment meets high-flying objects" in a comedy workshop for all ages by local duo Waldo and Woodhead. Vergennes Opera House, 10 a.m. $10. Info, 877-6737. GRANITE FESTIVAL: Vermont granite graces some of the world's fanciest buildings. Explore its humble beginnings at this truly alternative rock show. See "to do" list, this issue.

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• Also, see listings in "Sound Advice." JENNI JOHNSON: The local jazz luminary sings it smooth with her friends at Borders, Church St. Marketplace, Burlington, 3 p.m. Free. Info, 865-2711. C D AND RECORD SALE: Sort through imports, oldies and other fine vinyl at a collectors convergence and sale. Holiday Inn, Williston Rd., S. Burlington, 11 a.m. - 5 p.m. $2. Info, 658-2188. CHAMBER MUSIC CONCERT: Marguerite and Peter Schenkman accompany Cynthia Huard in piano trios by Mendelssohn and Haydn. Rochester Federated Church, 4 p.m. Donations. Info, 767-3012. FIDDLE CONCERT: Sawyers convene for a monthly concert hosted by the Northeast Fiddlers Association. Paul's Sugar House, Derby Line, 1-5:30 p.m. Donations. Info, 244-8537.

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kids STORYTIME: See September 11,1 p.m. GOLF TOURNAMENT: Teen golfers chip in to support the cancer cause at Camp Ta-Kum-Ta. Barcomb Hill Country Club, S. Hero, 8 a.m. $20. Register, 864-0739. YOUTH TRIATHLON: Kids ages 10-14 swim, bike and run in a contest that stresses sportsmanship. Vermont Sun Fitness Center, Middlebury, noon. $5. Register, 388-6888. 'TEDDY BEAR CONCERT': Singer-songwriter Gary Rosen, composer for Big Bird and Oscar the Grouch, performs a lighthearted program at the Montshire Museum of Science, Norwich, noon. $8. Info, 649-2200.

sport 'SOLING' COMPETITION: See September 11. BIKE TRIP: The Burlington chapter of the Green Mountain Club leads a bike trip along the Franklin County rail trail. Meet at Guterson Field House, UVM, 1:30 p.m. Free. Info, 899-4708. BICYCLE TRIAL: The challenge of the Appalachian Gap is open to all riders to benefit the Vermont Adaptive Ski and Sport Association. Mad River Cyclery, Waitsfield, 7:30 a.m. $10-15. Info, 496-9996. DAVID P. MORSE MEMORIAL HIKE: The Montpelier branch of the Green Mountain Club sponsors a five-mile trek to Montclair Glen Lodge. Meet at Montpelier High School, 9 a.m. Free. Info, 476-4264.

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drama 'BYE BYE LOVE': Hits from the '50s make for a melodious "class reunion" meal tinged with — gasp — murder. Villa Tragara, Waterbury Center, 6:15 p.m. $38. Info, 244-5288.

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S. Burlington. Info, 865-4981. Get ready for winter with a how-to course on all the basics of knitting sweaters, hats, socks and mittens. LEARN TO WEAVE: Eight classes, beginning Tuesday, September 27. Northeast Fiber Arts Center, 3062 Williston Rd., S. Burlington. Info, 8654981. Make two samplers and a final project while learning the fundamentals of weaving. POTTERY/SCULPTURE: All ages and abilities, group classes, private lessons. Day, evening and weekend offerings. Vermont Clay Studio, 2802 Rt. 100, Waterbury Center. Register, 224-1126 ext. 41. Enjoy the pleasures and challenges of working with clay, whether you've had a lot, a little or no experience. PAINTING CERAMICS: Ongoing Wednesdays, 2-3:30 p.m. and 5:30-7 p.m. Blue Plate Ceramic Cafe, 119 College St., Burlington. Free. Info, 6520102. Learn the fundamentals of painting ceramics.

11, 1 p.m. Somawork Wellness Center, 50 Court St., Middlebury. Free. Info, 800-810-4190. Explore the philosophy and movement behind this method of healing touch. LOVE YOURSELF, HEAL YOUR LIFE' WORKSHOP: Five Mondays, September 27 through October 25, 6-8 p.m. Spirit Dancer Books, 125 S. Winooski Ave., Burlington. $75. Info, 660-8060. Get acquainted with the "Ten Ways to Love Yourself."

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'INTRODUCTION TO THE ART OF INVESTING': Wednesday, women September 22, 12:15-1:45 p.m. MINDFULNESS-BASED STRESS FALL VOLUNTEER TRAINING: Windham Financial Services, corner of REDUCTION: Eight Wednesdays, Two Saturdays, Sunday and Wednesday, September 22 through November 10, College and St. Paul Streets, Burlington. September 18, 19, 25 and 29. 9:15-11:45 a.m. or 6:30-9 p.m. One Free. Register, 658-1155. Learn about Burlington. Register, 658-3131. Train to Saturday, 9-5 p.m. All Saints Episcopal asset allocation, equity stocks, bonds and be a volunteer for Women Helping Church, 1250 Spear St., S. Burlington. mutual funds. Battered Women. $250. Register, 660-8345. Cidtivate WOMEN'S CARPENTRY WORKmoment-to-moment awareness through photography SHOP: Saturday, September 18, 9 a.m. meditation for management of chronic PHOTOGRAPHY: Private or group - 4 p.m. $55 includes lunch. Register, pain and anxiety — and to promote over- classes. Eight-week adult classes starting 800-639-1472. 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Heat up September 28 through October 26, this fapanese samurai sivordfencing mar- and certification to perform hands-on and your nights with this spicy Latin dance. applications. 5:30-7 p.m. The Book Rack, tial art. IMPROV AND COMPOSITION "distant" Reiki energy healing. AROMATHERAPY: Wednesday, Champlain Mill, Winooski. $75. FOR TEENS: Six Thursdays, TRADITIONAL USUI REIKI MASSeptember 15, 7:30-9 p.m. Aroma Register, 655-0231. Discover where language September 9 through October 14, 3:30TER PRACTITIONER DEGREE: Massage at Hinesburg Healing Arts. poems comefromand how to create them FRENCH I, 'FUN FOR BEGIN5 p.m. Memorial Auditorium Loft, Saturday, September 18, 10 a.m. - 6 Donations. Register, 658-5873. Get an through in-class writing exercises and Burlington. $20-60 sliding scale. NERS': Ten Mondays, September 27 p..m Spirit Dancer Books, 125 S. introduction to the benefits and uses of reading. Register, 879-1615. Teenagers choreothrough December 6, 6-8 p.m. The Winooski Ave., Burlington. $200. essential oils. 'FIRST THOUGHTS WRITING': graph their own dances using improvisa- Alliance Francaise at The Book Rack, Register, 660-8060. Take the next step T H E 10 MOST WANTED ESSENSix Tuesdays, September 28 through tional movement. Champlain Mill, Winooski. $170. toward Reiki mastery. TIAL OILS': Saturday, October 2, 10 November 2, 7:30-9 p.m. The Book WALTZ LEVEL II: Thursday, Register, 655-0231. Beginners gain basic REIKI CLINIC: Ongoing Wednesdays a.m. - 3 p.m. Aroma Massage, S. BurRack, Champlain Mill, Winooski. $90. September 9, 7-8 p.m. Swing Etc. at conversational skills. through December, 7-9 p.m. Fletcher lington. $45. Register, 658-5873. ExRegister, 655-0231. Learn how silencing Jazzercise, Williston. $10. Info, 864FRENCH II, 'LEARNING THE Free Library, College St., Burlington. plore the most commonly used essential oils. your internal critic can help you find an 7953. 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BURLINGTON WRITERS GROUP: Bring pencil, paper and the will to be inspired to this writerly gathering at the Daily Planet, Burlington, 7-9 p.m. Free. Info, 862-9647. 'METAL COWBOY': Pedaler and author Joe Kurmaskie gears down to read tales of his cross-country bike travels. Barnes &C Noble, S. Burlington, 3 p.m. Free. Info, 864-8001. WRITERS' WORKSHOP: Local author Steven Shepard encourages wannabe authors with assignments and regular feedback. Barnes &C Noble, S. Burlington, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 864-8001.

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September 8, 10 a.m. - 7 p.m. REV. ROY BOURGEOIS: See September 13, Campus Center Theater, Billings Student Center, UVM, Burlington, 7:30 p.m. Free. •Info, 862-0068. GLBTQA OPEN HOUSE: Staff of the alliance for gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgendered and questioning youth open their doors to people interested in volunteering. Outright Vermont, Burlington, 4-7 p.m. Free. Info, 800-452-2428. CO-OP HOUSING INTRO: Why rent when you can co-op? People committed to building community and participating in their housing convene at 179 S. Winooski Ave., Burlington, noon. Free. Info, 862-6244. CAREGIVERS FOR THE MENTALLY ILL: Friends, family members and anyone caring for the mentally ill get support at this monthly "share and care." Howard Center for Human Services, 300 Flynn Ave., Burlington, 7-8:30 p.m. Free. Info, 862-6683. OVEREATERS ANONYMOUS: Compulsive eaters weigh in on body image issues at the First Congregational Church, Essex Junction, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 644-8936. BATTERED WOMEN'S SUPPORT GROUP: Meet in Barre, 10:30 a.m. - noon. Free. Info, 223-0855.

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Wednesday dance LATIN DANCE: See September 8.

drama 'A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM': See September 9, $20.

CHAMBER MIXER: Meet and mix with other local business types at a schmooze fest sponsored by the Lake Champlain Regional Chamber of Commerce. Business Interiors, •Williston, 5:30-7:30 p.m. $9. Info, 863-3489.

POETRY READING: A dynamic duo of local poets — Emily Skoler and Alison Prine — read samples of their work at the Book Rack, Champlain Mill, Winooski, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 655-0231.

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STORYTIME: See September 8. SONG A N D STORYTIME: Bring children up to age three to a singing read-along. Fletcher Free Library, Burlington, 10-10:30 a.m. Free. Info, 865-7216.

a.m. - 4 p.m. $25. Info, 479-1053. ®

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MANDALA PAINTING: Tibetan monks use-colored sand to construct a mandala — a short-lived symbol of their religious philosophy. Dewey Commons, Johnson State College, noon. Free. Info, 635-1251.

words POETRY READING: Read, relax and respond at this open reading. Rhombus Gallery, 186 College St., Burlington, 8 p.m. $3-6. Info, 865-0569. PARENT-CHILD BOOK GROUP: Middle-school kids and their parents consider the characters in a fantasy book by Jane Yolen. South Burlington Community Library, 7 p.m. Free. Register, 862-5396.

SENIOR WALKS: See September 8. BASS PROS: Top anglers from the Bass master tournament share the limelight with fishing celebrities Roland Martin and Jimmy Houston at Shearer Chevrolet, S. Burlington, 6-8 p.m. Free. Info, 751-0522. GREEN MOUNTAIN SENIOR GAMES: Amateur but experienced athletes ages 50 and up compete in everything from horseshoes to threeon-three hoop. Green Mountain College, Poultney, 8 a.m. p.m. $620. Info, 824-6521.

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FAHC, this free 12-week program is physician-referred and monitored by medical personnel. It includes land and water exercise classes. Fri 9 - 10am at Memorial Auditorium Loft & 10:15 - 11 am in YMCA pool.

AEROBICS Aerobic Class Pass Participate in any of our 19 aerobic classes each week. Step, Hi/Lo Impact, Bottom Line and more. $89

Never-Too-Late Nautilus Strength training for folks over 50 to improve strength and energy levels, ease arthritis pain and build strong bones. Tue/Fri 9 - 10am $60 ($38)

SPECIALTY FITNESS CLASSES Y-Box A high-energy fitness class combining self-defense and boxing moves. Tue 1 - 2pm, Thu 9 - 10am or Fri 5:15-6:15pm: $37 ($28) Yoga at Edmunds Elementary Classes run Sept. 16 - Dec. 9. No class Nov. 25. Thu 5:30 - 6:30pm $95 ($76) Astanga (Power) Yoga at Edmunds Elementary Classes run Sept. 14 - Dec. 14. No class Nov. 23. Tue 5 : 3 0 - 7 p m $130 ($105) Astanga (Power) Yoga at Cloarec Hall, Colchester Classes run Sept. 1 5 - N o v . 10. Wed 7 - 8pm $66 ($50) Weight Loss Through Weight Training Use the latest strengthtraining concepts and aerobic endurance activities to lose fat and gain muscle definition. Tue/Thurs 7 - 8pm, Sat 1 0 - 1 1 a m $88 ($56)

GYMNASTICS Children use age-appropriate equipment and activities such as music, hoops, balls, tumbling mats, and later gymnastic equipment, to develop physically and socially. A great parent/ child activity for younger children. Beginner gymnasts develop self confidence, coordination and flexibility. Little Gymies (18 mos. - 3 yrs. with parent) Sat 9:05 - 9:35am $46 ($34) Tiny Tumblers ( 3 - 5 yrs. with parent) Sat 9:40-10:10am $46 ($34) Beginner Gymnastics (6 - 12yrs.) Sat 10:15-11am $62 ($40)

Personal Nutrition Counseling Learn how to improve your health and/or manage your weight. One-hour 1-on-1 sessions by appointment. $50 ($30) PRE/POST-NATAL EXERCISES Pre/Post-Natal Exercise Class Cardiovascular exercise, strength conditioning, stretching and relaxation for moms & moms-to-be. Fri 9 - 9:45am $36 ($27) Mommy & Me Bring your baby (ages 6 wks. to 9 mos.) to a class designed to exercise both of you. Parent/baby exercises teach meaningful play, encourage self-discovery and help develop baby's physical control. Fri 10-10:30am $36 ($27) Strollerobics Sept. 15 - Oct. 20. Stroll your way to a healthier you while spending time with your child. The outdoor class provides a cardiovascular workout, strengthening exercises and stretching. Wed 1 0 - 1 0 : 4 5 a m $30 ($20) ACTIVE OLPEB ADULTS Silver Foxes Moderately-paced, co-ed exercise class for those over 50. Includes land exercise and optional water exercise. Gym and Pool: Mon/Wed/Fri 8 - 9:30am $90 ($72). Gym only: Mon/Wed/Fri 8 - 8 : 5 0 a m $76 ($60). YMCA Diabetes Program Sept. 13 - Dec. 3 Offered in conjunction with

Latin 101 Sept. 14 - Oct. 12. Intro to the Rhumba, Samba, Mambo, Cha-Cha & Merengue. Tue 7:30 - 8:30pm $75 ($63) AT TRINITY COLLEGE Ballet Conditioning Sept. 20 - Nov.8. A head-to-toe muscle workout for all levels of fitness. Mon 9 - 10am $48 ($36) Street Funk Sept. 19 - Nov. 14. Move and groove with style to the latest hip-hop beat! Sun 6 - 7pm $48 ($36) AT THE MCCLURE MULTIGENERATIONAL CENTER Polynesian Dance Sept. 17 Nov. 12. Expand your horizons to the rhythm of the islands. Fri 6:30 - 7:30pm $58 ($45)

Swing is King Sept. 16 - Oct. 14. Learn the Jitterbug, East Coast and West Coast styles. Thu 7 - 8pm $70 couple ($57) Random Dancing/Dance Sampler Learn a new dance or tune up moves in this series of one-hour classes. Sat 4 - 5pm. Per class: $18 ($14) Entire session: $125 ($100) Sept. 18: Jitterbug (Fast Swing) Sept. 25: Merengue Oct. 2: Waltz Oct. 9: East Coast Swing Oct. 16: Tango Oct. 23: Salsa/Mambo Oct. 30: Foxtrot Nov. 6: Rhumba Nov. 13: Jitterbug (Fast Swing) AT CLOAREC HALL. HOLY CROSS CHURCH. COLCHESTER Social Dancing Sept. 14 - Oct. 12. Learn the Foxtrot, Tango and Waltz. Tue 6:30 - 7:30pm $75 ($63)

Men's Basketball League Two divisions for all levels of play. Open to 20 teams of up to 12 players. Nov. 9 - Apr. 6. Tue/Thu 7 : 0 5 - 1 0 pm Team fee: $500 3-on-3 Basketball League Eight teams play 20-minute halves. The 8-week league runs Dec. 5 - Jan. 23. Sun 5 - 7pm $30 ($20)

SELF DEFENSE/MARTIAL ARTS Shotokan Karate Ages 7 and up. Develop self confidence and self discipline while enhancing your balance, agility, strength and endurance. Adult students also learn self-defense. Tue/Thu 4 - 5:15pm $84 ($58) Ages 17 & under: $10/session Kickboxing (Ages 13 - adult) The class focuses on the skills of punching, kicking, and blocking, with heavy bag work, pad drills and fighting strategy. Safety is emphasized. A whole body exercise improves endurance, strength, flexibility and self confidence. Wed 6:45-8:15pm $67 ($40) Advanced Class Sat 1 2 - 1 p m $45 ($27) Ninpo Tayutsu Self-Defense Learn striking and hand-to-hand fighting methods known as Taijutsu, including techniques for leaping, climbing, falling and rolling without injury. Fri at the YMCA and Wed at Mt. Philo Dojo in Charlotte 7:10-8:30pm $84 ($58)

DANCE AT THE YMCA Kids in Motion Sept. 15 - Oct. 13. A creative movement and dance class for ages 3 - 5 years. Wed 2:45 - 3:30pm $30 ($23)

ADULT BASKETBALL Men's 4-on-4 League The 8-week league runs Sept. 20 - Nov. 8. Mon 7 : 3 0 - 10pm Team fee: $250

Tai Chi Intro, classes focus on breathing and concentration, and are appropriate for adults of all ages and fitness levels. Tue/Thu 6:10 - 7am $84 ($58) BASKETBALL Co-ed Youth Basketball Clinic For boys & girls ages 8 - 1 0 years. Learn the fundamentals of basketball through drills & practice games. Fee includes a T-shirt. Sat 2:30 - 4pm $40 ($25) Youth Basketball Leagues League runs Sept. 19 - Nov. 7. Teams play each week in games of six-minute quarters and with 10 players on each team roster. Officials, electronic scoreboard, and each player receives a T-shirt. $40 ($25) Co-Ed Middle School League For boys & girls in grades 5 & 6. Six teams. Sun 1 - 3pm Jr. High League For boys & girls in grades 7 and 8. Ten teams. Sun 3 - 5pm Teen League Divisions for boys and girls ages 14-15 years. A great opportunity for high-school players to prepare for the upcoming season. Sun 5 - 7pm

AQUATICS Tumble and Splash Go to the gym for creative movement and tumbling, then head for the pool for fun swim activities. Program meets one day per week. Group 1: Ages 2 & 3 (w/ parent) Sat 11am - noon $80 ($65) Group 2: Ages 3 - 5 (w/o parent) Sat 11:30am- 12:30pm $90 ($55) Swim Lessons The YMCA offers swim lessons for people of all ages. For information on times and fees, call 862-9622. Classes include parent/child classes for ages 6 months to 5 years, classes for independent swimmers ages 3 - 5 years, youth swim classes for ages 6 and older, teen swim lessons and adult lessons. Adaptive Swim Program The YMCA offers individualized swim instruction for persons with disabilities. A parent or caregiver is required to assist swimmers in the locker room. Volunteers are needed for this program. Contact Adaptive Swim Coordinator Diane Chandler at 862-9622 to register. YMCA Lifeguarding Course (16 yrs. and older) Sept. 29 Nov. 17. Provides knowledge and skills needed to prepare for the occupation of lifeguard. Wed 6 - 1 0 p m $210 ($180)

yourself to this high-energy, low-impact water workout. Tue/Thu Noon - t p m $70 (free) Water Tai Chi Bring together the flowing movements of tai chi with the calming effects of water. Tue/Thu 1 - 2pm $70 ($49) Fit 'n' Fun Water exercises and water games. Tue/Thu 6 : 1 5 - 7 : 1 5 a m $70 (free) **Sign up for Water Aerobics and Fit 'n' Fun for $84. Pre and Post-Natal Exercise Safe water exercises for the pregnant or post-partum woman to help relieve lower back pain & swelling, maintain muscle tone and increase blood circulation. Mon/Wed 7 - 8pm $70 ($49) YMCA Arthritis Exercise Class Offered with the Arthritis Foundation, the class includes gentle exercises performed in water. Warmth, buoyancy and resistance help decrease pain and stiffness, and maintain or improve joint flexibility. No swim skills needed. Attend any of the class times: Mon/Wed/Fri 1 - 2pm and Tue/Thu 8 - 9am $80 ($52) Therapy Swim Enjoy our 86Â° pool for your therapeutic needs. A note from a doctor or physical therapist is required to participate. Mon/Wed/Fri 8:15 - 9am and Tue/Thu 7:15 - 8am and Sat 7-8am $15/session for Mon/Wed/Fri or Tue/Thu/Sat. $25 for all six days, (free) Aquatic Exercise for People with MS Offered with the National Multiple Sclerosis Society, this program offers the opportunity for recreation while helping maintain mobility, prevent secondary symptoms of MS, maintain or improve flexibility, maximize muscle strength and maintain or increase endurance potential. Mon/Wed Noon - 12:45pm $70 ($49)

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openings STRUGGLE FOR THE LAND, photographs from Nicaragua and Chiapas by Orin Langelle, sales to benefit Action for Community and Ecology in the Rainforests of Central America (ACERCA). Fletcher Room, Fletcher Free Library, Burlington, 863-0571. Reception September 8, 7-9 p.m. BACHNER, an MFA Thesis exhibition of paintings by Barbara LaVerdiere. Julian Scott Memorial Gallery, Johnson State College, 635-1310. Gallery talk September 9, 3-4 p.m., followed by reception, 4-6 p.m. 7 T H ANNUAL SOUTH END ART HOP, featuring open studios and exhibits at various locations around the Pine Street area, Burlington, 660-9580. Maps available at locations around town. (Also, see full-page ad in this issue.) September 10: open studios, exhibits, performances and demos, 59 p.m.; juried exhibit in a boxcar gallery, silent auction, 5-11 p.m.; party under a tent at the Maltex Building with live music by Barbacoa, refreshments, 8-11 p.m.; awards ceremony, including juror's and People's Choice, 9:30 p.m. September 11: open studios and exhibits around the South End of Burlington, noon - 5 p.m. ART FAIR AT THE STATION, a group exhibit of more than 30 juried Vermont artists in many mediums, to benefit Art's Alive and Artspace. Union Station, Burlington, 864-1557. Fair September 11,11 a.m. 6 p.m.

turing paintings of animals, hearts, dream creatures and abstractions. New World Tortilla, Burlington, 860-6220. Through September. LINA MARIA TESTA, paintings and photographs. Flynndog Gallery, 208 Flynn, Burlington, 865-4795. September 10 October 9. LEAH BENEDICT, new murals. Also, PERSONAE: An Exhibit of Costumes by Christine Demarais. Fletcher Free Library, Burlington, 865-7211. Both through October. KATHLEEN K0LB, new work in watercolor. Furchgott Sourdiffe Gallery, Shelburne, 985-3848. September 11 - October 19. STRONG HEARTS: Native American Visions and Voices, featuring color and black-and-white photographs by 29 Native American photographers. Fleming Museum, Burlington, 656-0750. Through December 19. EXPAND WITHOUT MOVING, psychedelic and mosaic posters and prints inspired by music, by David Peroff. Three Needs, Burlington, 238-1070. Through October. THE CLOWN SHOW, works in mixed media by local artists, including Mr. Masterpiece, Lance Richbourg, Catherine Hall, Jennifer Koch, Greg Blasdel, Tony Sini and others. Red Square, Burlington, 862-3779. Through November 25. INHALATION/EXHALATION, photography and mixed media by Alison Crouse. L/L Gallery, Living.Learning Center, UVM, Burlington, 656-4200. Through September.

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LIFE PIECES: Fifteen Years of Collected Work, paintings by Barbara Smail. Firehouse Center for the Visual Arts, Burlington, 865-7165. Through September 11.

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PURE FORMS, hand-painted photographs by Susan Fenton, and WEST AFRICAN RHYTHM, paintings by Katharine Montstream. Doll-Anstadt Gallery, Burlington, 864-3661. Through September. THE CARVED SERIES, sculptural jewelry in

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anodized aluminum by Peggy Eng; and NEW MEXICO COLORS, paintings by Will Hurd. Grannis Gallery, Burlington, 6602032. Through September. '«>' CARAVAN CURATORS EXHIBITION, a group show of local artists in mixed media. Rhombus Gallery, Burlington, 660-9060. Through September. SISTERS AND OTHER PLACES, drawings and paintings by Sophie Quest. Muddy Waters, Burlington, 658-0466. Through September. AUTUMN AT THE OLD MILL, a show and sale in mixed media by members of the Northern Vermont Artist Association. Red Mill Craft Shop, Jericho, 899-1106. Through October. TREES AND A FEW OTHER THINGS, paintings by Jean Cannon. Daily Planet Restaurant, Burlington, 862-9978. Through September. SUMMERTIME, new paintings by Anna Vreman. Dorothy Ailing Memorial Library, Williston, 878-4918. Through September. NATURE AS I SEE IT, photographs of landscapes, flowers and other natural subjects by Arlene Hanson. Isabel's Restaurant, Burlington, 229-6361. Through September. SUMMER PONDS and Other Vermont Scenes, handmade prints by Roy Newton. Red Onion Cafe, Burlington, 865-2563. Through September 15. FISH ART, mixed-media by Louis Richard Dvorak. Working Design Gallery at the Men's Room, Burlington, 864-2088. Through September. SMILING DEVILS, HUMMINGBIRDS, WHISKEY DRINKERS, GAMBLERS, box constructions, photographs and drawings from Gregg Blasdel, Nadine Galland, Jennifer Koch and Lance Richbourg. Sneakers Bar & Grill, Winooski, 6559081. Through September. AN INTIMATE VIEW, handcolored photographs by Victoria Blewer. Frog Hollow Craft Center, Burlington, 863-6458. Through September 14. SUMMER PONDS & OTHER VERMONT

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Sneakers Bar &c Grill, Winooski, 6559081. Through September. AN INTIMATE VIEW, handcolored photographs by Victoria Blewer. Frog Hollow Craft Center, Burlington, 863-6458. Through September 14. SUMMER PONDS & OTHER VERMONT SCENES, handmade prints by Roy Newton. Red Onion Cafe, Burlington, 865-2563. Through September 15. ART IN CONTEXT: THE FIRST WORLD WAR 1 9 1 4 - 1 9 1 8 , an exploration of the architecture of commemoration, with photographs by William Lipke of selected monuments and memorials. Fleming Museum, Burlington, 656-0750. Through October 10. GERRIT GOLLNER, abstract paintings and prints. Farrell Rm„ St. Michael's College, Colchester, 654-2487. Through December. KID STUFF: Great Toys From Our Childhood. A new exhibit of intergenerational playthings from the last half-century. Shelburne Museum, 985-3348. Through October 17. SHAPES OF THE ROAD, SHAPES OF THE SEA, Italian photography by Lina Maria Testa. Courtyard Collection, Burlington, 660-0888. Ongoing.

CHAMPLAIN VALLEY HORATIO GREEN0UGH: An American Sculptor's Drawings, a retrospective on the life of the early American artist (18051852), featuring 15 sculptures, 48 drawings and related materials, from the private collection of George R. Rinhart. September 14 - December 12. ANNA FUGURA & ELIZABETH ROMAN, mixed-media collage and pottery, respectively. Ferrisburgh Artisans Guild Gallery, Rt. 7, 877-3668. Through September. JEAN KERR-LEWIS & SHARYN LAYFIELD, new pastel paintings. Woody's Restaurant, Middlebury, 453-5603. Through October. VISIONS OF OTTER CREEK, works in mixed media featuring views of the Middlebury falls area. Frog Hollow Vermont State Craft Center, Middlebury, 388-3177. Through September 13. WEAVING TRADITION INTO A CHANGING WORLD: 200 Years of Abenaki Basketry, featuring a variety of baskets from the Northeast. Chimney Point State Historic Site, Addison, 759-2412. Through October 11. CONTEMPORARY ART. by painters Tom Merwin and Ellen Hoffman, sculptors Robert Ressler and Dan George, photographer Suzanne Winterberger and the Edinboro Bookarts Cooperative. Merwin Gallery, Castleton, 468-2592. Ongoing.

CENTRAL V E R M O N T PLAY OF LIGHT, landscapes in oil and pastel by Joy Huckins. City Center, Montpelier, 229-0832. Through October 3. ANIMAL ART: Cat & Dog Portraits, paintings by Anne Davis. Phoenix Rising, Montpelier, 229-0522. Through September 27. WOOD & LINOLEUM PRINTS by Phil Robertson. City Hall Artists Showcase, Montpelier, 229-2766. Through September 27. CHRIST CHURCH COMMUNITY ARTS, a group show of pastel landscapes, still lifes, jewelry and spiritually inspired art by parishioners and friends. Sacred Space Gallery, Christ Church Episcopal, Montpelier, 223-3631. Through October. FOR THE DINNER TABLE, platters, place settings, serving pieces and table accessories by 25 regional clay artists. Vermont Clay Studio, Waterbury Ctr., 244-1126. Through October 15. PRIA CAMBI0, original paintings. Capitol Grounds, Montpelier, 223-7800. Through September. A COUNTRY OF SOULS: Reflections on New England Gravesites, featuring the works in mixed media of Joan Curtis, Kerstin Nichols, Carolyn Shattuck and R.G. Solbert; and, STATES OF GRACE, featuring highlights from 25 years of the Grace Roots Art and Community Efforts project. T.W. Wood Gallery, Montpelier, 828-8743. Both through October 3. RELIGION, MYTH AND FANCY, a selection from the permanent collection. Through December 24. -7 '." • : ^

YURI GORBACHEV, and other local or international artists in a group show of mixed media. Kristal Gallery, Warren, 4966767. Through October. MITCHEL M0RASKI & PAUL ROGERS, photography. Mist Grill Gallery, Waterbury, 244-7568. Through September 13. THOMAS JEFFERSON IN VERMONT, and His Role in Vermont Statehood, 1791, featuring documents and artifacts from the period of Jefferson's visit to Vermont. State House, Montpelier, 828-2291. Through October 16. ALICE ECKLES, a permanent changing exhibit of selected paintings and prints. The Old School House Common, Marshfield, 456-8993. Ongoing. JOE B0KUN, oil paintings. The Art Gallery of Barre, 476-1030. Through September. GENERATION OF CHANGE: VERMONT, 1820-1850, featuring artifacts and documents that examine how the state dealt with issues such as slavery, temperance, religious diversity and more. Vermont Historical Society, Pavilion Building, Montpelier, 828-2291. Ongoing. SILKSCREEN PRINTS by Sally Stetson. Shimmering Glass Gallery, Waterbury, 244-8134. Ongoing. SCRAP-BASED ARTS & CRAFTS, featuring re-constructed objects of all kinds by area artists. The Restore, Montpelier, 2291930. Ongoing. FURNISHINGS AND PAINTINGS by Ruth Pope. Ruth Pope Gallery, Montpelier, 2295899. Ongoing.

NORTHERN THE PAINT TRAVELER, paintings from a picture book for grown-ups, by Carol Rosalinde Drury. Copley Gallery, Morrisville, 253-8571. Through September 27. SUSAN ABBOTT, watercolor still lifes. Clarke Galleries, Stowe, 253-7116. Through September 26. LAND & LIGHT, featuring the works of more than 50 landscape painters. Mary Bryan Memorial Gallery, Jeffersonville, 644-5100. Through October 26. OUTDOOR SCULPTURE EXHIBIT, featuring works in mixed media by 16 artists. Helen Day Art Center, Stowe, 253-8358. Through October 17. PAINTINGS BY VERA FYFE, Copley Woodlands, Stowe, 253-4203. Through September. BREAD & PUPPET masks, puppets and other artifacts from four decades. Bread & Puppet Museum, Glover, 525-6972. Through October. 19TH AND 20TH CENTURY AMERICAN ARTISTS, including landscape paintings by Vermont artists Kathleen Kolb, Thomas Curtin, Cynthia Price and more. Clarke Galleries, Stowe, 253-7116. Ongoing.

ELSEWHERE JIM DINE: THE ARTIST IN RESIDENCE, a selection of the artist's prints from the collection of master printer Mitchell Friedman. Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, N.H., 603646-2809. Through September 21. TEMPTATION AND DENIAL, featuring two 19th-century symbolist print series by Odilon Redon and Max Klinger. Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, N.H., 603-646-2809. Also, FOCUS ON THE BODY, West African Body Ornaments of Brass. Both through September 19. COSMOS: FROM ROMANTICISM TO THE AVANT-GARDE, featuring 380 paintings, sculpture and works on paper from 17 countries demonstrating the human quest for new frontiers. Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, 514-285-1600. Through October 17.

PLEASE NOTE: Seven Days is unable to accommodate all of the displays in our readership area, thus these listings must be restricted to exhibits in truly public viewing places. Art in business offices, lobbies and private residences or studios, with occasional exceptions, will not be accepted.

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hat has compelled a Burlington artist known as Mr. Masterpiece to push an artistic cream pie into the collective countenance of Church Street? Perhaps the saccharine Stephen Sondheim abomination "Send in the Clowns" became so deeply embedded within his twisted engrams that he could find no other way to stop the throbbing pain in his head. O r perhaps it was the incessant clownage of history, or a vision of the "Bozo Crucifix" aloft in the hand of late Burlington artist Michael Tyburski that has urged him forward on this mission. Thanks to the shameless enabling of invited local artists, Mr. Masterpiece has managed to externalize his parti-colored obsession. T h e rubber-nosed targets of these artists' absurdist iconography now blemish the copper walls of Red Square, somewhat like photos of a graduating class from an infernal three-ringed clown college in Hell. Here are shown a clown with a gun, clowns pressed into Xerox machines, the bloody primeval birth of a clown, mug shots of "Bippy" the clown, a masturbating L.A.P.D. clown and expressionistic clowns by an artist of international renown, Lance Richbourg. His untitled portrait of two very sinister clowns is a strong piece of genuine art. T h e black-white-and-gray double portrait with medium-yellow highlights looks like a study from James Ensor's m o n u m e n tal masterwork, "Christ's Entry into Brussels." A skull-faced clown fills the right of Richbourg's piece, wearing huge teeth and a tiny pointed cap. Behind and left, a gluttonous clown with fat lips fills the rest of the canvas. Both specters wear beautifully m o d eled ruffs around their necks, adding to the chaotic rhythms of this uniquely accomplished piece. Hanging next to Richbourg's painting is one by Melissa Connor. Her clown in a graveyard is also a close-up — the ample features of a darkly toned buffoon with spider-like eyelashes looms in the lower right foreground. T h e

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turquoise costume and ribald visage create a penetrating counterpoint of abject silliness over the stark and h a u n t i n g graves. Two of the pieces in this show appeared in the original "Clown Show" exhibition seven years ago. Alex Williams claimed to have a love-hate relationship with clown paintings. Works such as his — an untitled, drip-painted clown in black Latex poured o n t o a battered, off-white cabinet door — qualify Williams to be considered the Giotto of Burlington clown painters. His work is nothing if not revolutionary. Jeff Spencer is another of the original exhibitors, and although his "Clown Birth" is considerably more earthy than " T h e Birth of Venus," it too represents what art historian Judith O t t once described as "the rebirth of m a n k i n d . " And so Spencer must be considered the Sandro Botticelli of all clown painters t h r o u g h o u t the county. \ Mr. Masterpiece, however, is the Michelangelo, Da Vinci and Raphael of this genre all >

rolled into one. His "Bippy M u g Shot" is a three-view portrait of a brightly colored, highly abstract desperado whose boutonniere will squirt no more. His are the L.A.P.D. clowns — the randiest one works his pocket pal under the m o t t o "Clowns take care of their own." A n d it was Mr. Masterpiece w h o squashed the two clown puppets o n t o photocopiers at Kinkos, creating a mural behind which the p u p pet clowns — one in cheery striped coveralls, the other as bubbly as W o n d e r bread — were brutally lynched with twisted strands of corroded copper wire. W e can only h o p e that this final, awful act has exorcised the clowns from Mr. Masterpiece. T h o u g h in the alley behind the Burlington Free Press building, don't surprised if you notice a strange figure with black beret m u r m u r i n g , Where are the clowns? There ought to be clowns The reception for " The Clown Show" is September 18, 3-5 p. m. at Red Square.

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Viking types at the seaside o n e day a n d decide to h a n g with t h e m . In the m i d d l e of some typical M i d d l e Ages-style partying, a messenger arrives a n n o u n c i n g that a king they k n o w is u n d e r attack by t h o u s a n d s of c a n n i b a l - d e m o n - b e a r m o n s t e r things a n d needs their help tout suite. Banderas figures he's o u t of there, b u t , the next thing he knows, s o m e official Viking future-seeing witch fingers h i m as the last of the 13 volunteers w h o will be needed to defeat the mysterious enemy, so it's off to war h e goes. T h e bloody battle scenes that follow are good old-fashioned f u n , b u t the real appeal of the picture is in the b o n d a n d banter that arise between the highly cultured Arab a n d his wooly, roughand-ready brothers-in-arms. T h e y look like R o b e r t Plant on steroids, grab for the Viking gusto like J o h n B o n h a m , a n d face the long walk u p that stairway to Valhalla w i t h the m o s t infectious blend of d u t y a n d h u m o r since Braveheart. T h e e n e m y they face together is just shadowy e n o u g h to lend the t h i n g a dose of dark-age spookiness a n d keep genre-acclimated audiences off-balance, too. T h e e n d result is a wacky concoction indeed, a Viking b u d d y film with overtones of the supernatural and o n e of the s u m mer's m o s t unexpected pleasures. ®

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BLUE STREAK Martin Lawrence has been impersonating a comedian for years, if you ask me. Now he pretends to be a cop in this buddy film about a thief who attempts to recover a priceless gem buried beneath a police station. With Luke Wilson. (PG-13) FOR THE LOVE OF THE GAME Kevin Costner has had precious few hits since the last time he held a baseball bat. So, in what many consider the last of the ninth of his career, the actor steps back up to the plate for his third baseball film, the story of an all-star pitcher on his way down. With Kelly Preston. (PG-13) STIGMATA Look out for the pea soup! Patricia Arquette plays a

hands and three legs. They wrote and star in this story of conjoined twins who face more than the usual roadbloacks to romantic fulfillment. (R) BETTER THAN CHOCOLATE A young lesbian is torn between coming out of the closet and locking herself away in it when her mother and brother unexpectedly move in with her. (R)

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THE MUSE*** On the heels of Steve Martins Tinsletown satire comes one from Albert Brooks. In his latest the actor/writer/director plays an aspiring screenwriter who looks to the living daughter of Zeus {Sharon Stone) for inspiration. Jeff Bridges, Martin Scorsese and Andie MacDowell co-star. (PG13) CHILL FACTOR** Cuba Gooding Jr. teams up with Skeet Ulrich to save the world from a dangerous - toxic weapon. I guess The Sixth Sense won't be leaving that number-one spot any time soon. (R) OUTSIDE PROVIDENCE*** Alec Baldwin and Shawn Hatosy star in director Michal Corrente's adaptation of the first novel by Peter (There's Something About Mary) Farrelly, a coming-of-age story that, believe it or not, involves a damaged dog, sex acts gone awry and problems involving bodily functions. (R) THE ASTRONAUT'S WIFE*** Think Rosemary's Baby in space. Charlize Theron even has her hair in a short Mia Farrow cut for the role of a mother-to-be who becomes increasingly paranoid after her husband returns from a NASA mission acting not quite like himself. Johnny Depp costars. Rand Ravich directs. (R) DUDLEY DO-RIGHT**12 Director Hugh {Blast From the Past) Wilson reteams with Brendan Fraser for a live-action adaptation of the popular '60s cartoon from Jay Ward, the guy who also gave us George of the Jungle. With Alfred Molina and Sarah Jessica Parker. (PG) MICKEY BLUE EYES** So analyze this: Hugh Grant stars as an art dealer who winds up involved with a bunch of gangsters in this fish-out-of-water Mob comedy from director Kelly Makin. Sound like anything you saw Billy Crystal in recently? (PG-13) THE 13TH WARRIOR***"2 Antonio Banderas heads up director John McTiernan's adaptation of a 1976 medieval epic by Michael Crichton called Eaters of

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an you feel the electricity? Of course you can't — assuming your finger isn't stuck in a wall socket. After all, its not like the yearly Oscar ceremonies are coming up this Sunday evening. Or the Golden Globes. Or even the People's Choice Awards, for that matter. It's only the Emmys. Let's all say it together: Ho-hum. If there's anything duller than the average network TV show, it's a real long ceremony where all those shows get awards. I've been doing some deep media-critic thinking about the imminent 51st annual broadcast, and I believe I've identified a few of the reasons why the Emmys lack any must-see cachet whatsoever. Along the way, I've also come up with a few ideas for how the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences could bring this baby into the 21st century in new-and-improved shape — if anyone there cared. But before I get to that: The Academy of Television Arts and Sciences? What the...? Which half of this august collective is responsible for "WWF Smackdown," do you think — the artists or the scientists? I wonder if Sally Jesse Raphael carries around a membership card.

But I digress. Hey, can you believe this show's going to be on Fox? How quickly the cathode landscape has been strip-mailed. It seems like only yesterday David Letterman was joking that Fox wasn't even a real network. Today, its annual ad revenues trail only slightly behind those of his own network, CBS. Two ironies: First, it's funny that the Emmys generate so much less J hoopla than their bigscreen counterparts, when you consider the massive influx of movie stars onto the tiny tube. Have you noticed? You can't throw a rock on the set of a network production these days without hitting someone formerly associated with the cinema — George Segal, Christine Lahti, Dylan McDermott, Brooke Shields, Rob Lowe, Eric Stoltz, Whoopi Goldberg and Martin Sheen among them. Not to mention the growing list of performers equally at home in both worlds — David Spade, Lisa Kudrow, Jason Alexander, George Clooney, Jennifer Aniston, et al.

revealing the secrets behind famous magic tricks, for instance — would take such a tame, traditional approach to this broadcast. A facelift and infusion of new blood are precisely what the T V doctor ordered. What will you see on Sunday, after all, besides lame kudos to the same genres and formats they gave awards for a quarter-century ago? If you ask me, the faux pas isn't that an Emmy won't be going to this deserving actor (Brad Garrett in "Everybody Loves Raymond") or that deserving series ("Sports Night," "Will and Grace," "The King of Queens," "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" or HBO's "Oz"). Rather, it's that the categories acknowledged will represent such an insignificant portion of the programming formats out there today. It's the equivalent of holding an awards ceremony for pop-

ming, and just one of the many things it does well is awards shows. Any five minutes of their movie-awards broadcast is guaranteed to pack five times the bold, original thinking that will be in evidence during Sundays entire Emmy telecast. Why waste so much time on sitcoms, for example — especially if you're going to nominate tiresome blowhards like John Lithgow for Outstanding Lead Actor? That very idea is funnier than anything he did on the awful "Third Rock From the Sun" all year. And need we tie up valuable broadcast minutes pretending the nation actually gives a homeviewing hoot about categories like Best Supporting Actress in a Made-for-TV Movie? Life is too short. Why not have some fun with it instead and work up a few new categories reflecting the real face

ing new ones, they increasingly just recast those from successful programs. N B C is the real pioneer. Here is just one example of the inbreeding going on at the peacock: MIX & MATCH NBC CHARACTERS Ditsy Redhead on "News Radio" = Ditsy Redhead on "Suddenly Susan" Swarthy Latin Guy on "Suddenly Susan" = Swarthy Latin Guy on "Jessie" Jessie + Swarthy Latin Guy's Blond Girlfriend on "Suddenly Susan" both = Rachel on "Friends" I can't help noticing that nobody seems to be cloning John Lithgow. Anyway, it's one thing for the Emmys to be irrelevant. Do they have to be stuck-in-the-mud dull as well? Let's get real: Its not like

It's one thing for the Emmys to be irrelevant. Do they have to be stuck-in-the-mud dull as well?,

Secondly, how odd it is that the network which made its name with garish, wildly popular "reality" junkfare — specials

ular music and giving prizes only to doo-wop groups and crooners. Technical nods aside, most of Sunday night's time will be devoted to honoring the season's Outstanding Comedy Series, Drama Series, Miniseries, TV Movie and their attendant lead, supporting and guest performers. Does it seem likely these would cover the total palette of television at the end of the century? If Academy members were smart, they'd watch a lot more Mtv. Say what you will about the network. It may be singlehandedly destroying the moral fabric of our youth, and its executives will almost certainly burn in hell. At the same time, Mtv is a veritable Big Bang of creative program-

of television today? Why limit the recognition to comedies and dramas? Don't millions of people watch talk shows, news programs, magazine-style broadcasts, cooking shows, home improvement shows and cartoons every day? What, it doesn't matter whether these are done well? And how about some that are simply fun? Say, Most Alarming Real-Life Video Show. Or maybe Kookiest New Format — though, again, Mtv would rule. What about Most Cloned Character in a TV Series? I've noticed that some networks have started taking an energy-saving new approach to the challenge of inventing catchy characters for their new shows. Instead of creat-

approval or awards — whether Oscars, Emmys or the People's — drive these media. Not a thing in the whole world other than revenue does that. With movies, it's the box office. With TV shows, it's ratings — numbers that translate into advertising dollars. These are the forces which decided what we'll be watching this fall, and they'll determine the lineup in the new millennium, too. If the Emmys can't be entertaining in and of themselves, what good are they? So, let me know how it all comes out. I think there's a new episode of "Real World" on that night, and I want to be there when they give that nutjob Ruthie the boot. (7)

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s I was surveying the damage to my heatand-drought-stressed garden, it suddenly hit me — this will be my last garden of the millennium! How significant is that? Truth is, it's not significant at all. Except for a very small group of people: journalists. We've been making hay with this millennium stuff for months, and I almost missed my chance to jump on the bandwagon. That was close! I might have had my author's guild card taken away from me. So here it is, my look back at some of the ideas and inventions that rocked and reshaped the 20th-century garden. Horticulture and gardening have been transformed over the past century. Oh, sure, they had so-called gardens before 1900, but they were either anal Victorian beds full of prissy annuals, or they were subsistence patches where poor but honest folks grew lots of rutabagas and turnips and cabbages. Turnips. Now there's a puzzler for you. W h y are those things still taking up space on the supermarket produce counter? Not only are turnips there month after month, but they're probably the very same turnips. Why? Because they keep forever. That's why people grew them back in the good old days. It certainly wasn't for their flavor. Must be some cruel cosmic joke: It couldn't be tomatoes or peaches or even avocadoes that possess immortality. It had to be turnips and rutabagas. But we don't ever have to taste another turnip, because we have something that our ancestors did not: reliable refrigeration. We don't have to struggle through the winter on a diet of root crops. Now we can buy any fresh fruit or vegetable imaginable just about any day of the year. Here in Vermont you can enjoy a fresh head of broccoli that just a few days earlier was lovingly doused with pesticides by migrant workers in California. Never mind that we could grow broccoli here in Vermont from May to November. Why bother? The refrigeration-transport-supermarket revolution has done more than even lawn mowers to shrink the size and number of home vegetable gardens. Modern Transport — trains, planes and automobiles — has had the opposite

effect on ornamental gardens. We've got more choices of ornamental plants than ever before. Used to be that if you wanted a plant in your garden, you'd either grow it

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spiked with chemical fertilizers — another huge breakthrough, if you can call it that, in horticulture. In 1884 the theoretical groundwork was laid for combining hydrogen and atmospheric nitrogen to make fertilizer. Until that time, virtually the only source of nitrogen was animal waste. How gross is that? Can you imagine the stench from fresh manure being spread on acre after acre? (Well, some suburbanites encroaching on farmland can.) And finally, you can't talk about chemicals without talking about pesticides. Nothing has affected horticulture and agriculture as much as the development and proliferation of chemical pesticides. Until the mid20th century, pests were controlled by hand, by beneficial insects, by natural organisms and by the occasional application of arsenic. In fact, not too long ago, the Scott's company blithely encouraged a liberal application of arsenic on home lawns across the country. Then came DDT, 2, 4-D and all the rest. From 1945 to 1989, the use of pesticides in America increased tenfold. As a result, do we enter the year 2000 as a perfectly pestfree world? Not a chance. During that same time, the percentage of crop losses from pest damage nearly doubled. We've been waging chemical warfare on insects for more than 50 years, and guess what? The bugs are winning. Happy millennium. ® This is the last installment of "Weed It and Reap"for he season. And for the millennium. "

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Dear Cecil, A friend of mine is selling these "corona discharge" air filters — she has severe asthma and swears this little gizmo is better than pooping gold bricks. Is this truly the miracle we asthma sufferers are look-

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and air ionization aren't equally bad, they're equally good! Whatever you say, guys. • Air ionizers may improve some things, but they don't improve asthma. I'm not saying ionizers are useless. Studies found that they reduced transmission of airborne disease in poultry, cur down on microbial pollution in a dentist's office, etc. But they didn't help asthma and arguably made things worse (Warner et al., 1993). • HEPA filters don't do much for asthmatics, either. HEPA filters are often recommended to screen allergens out of the air and alleviate asthma, but Antonicelli et al. (1991) concluded the filters didn't do squat. Reisman et al. (1990) say "the overall impression" is that HEPA filters reduce asthma, but once you look closely at the study, your overall impression is that Reisman and company are kidding themselves. One possible explanation, which may also account for the ineffectiveness of ionizers, is that asthma is caused less by airborne particles than by contact with objects, e.g., your allergen-infested mattress. • Nobody knows what the "HEPA" in "HEPA filter" stands for. Writers in the scientific journals almost universally believe HEPA stands for "high efficiency particulate air," whatever that is. Consumer Reports, however, says HEPA stands for "high efficiency particulate absorbing." I vote for CR. • Negative ions do something to the learning ability of kids, but Cod knows what. Morton and Kershner (1990) report, "On a dichotic listening task using consonant-vowel combinations, both [learning disabled and normal-achieving children] showed an ioninduced increase in the normal right ear advantage." The normal right ear advantage? • To cure asthma, we must turn to the mysterious East. Studies claim that asthma symptoms can be reduced by yoga (Nagendra and Nagarathna, 1986) and by transcendental meditation (Wilson et al., 1975). Sure. My advice: Don't get rid of the prednisone yet. — CECIL ADAMS

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HORSE FARM HELP NEEDED: weekday mornings, located in Charlotte. Our excellent, full-time workers would welcome a willing, reliable person. Horse exp. preferred. Call 4 2 5 - 5 2 1 9 or 425-2209.

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the engine is sputtering and coughing). TOM: Any why do you have all those extra fumes in your crankcase? That's the WMM. "Blowby" is combustion gases that have "blown" past the rings and into the crankcase, where they don't belong. And while a little bit of blowby is normal and is easily handled by the crankcase ventilation system, when the blowby gets "wicked bad," it can cause all kinds of problems. RAY: And the solution? This is the part you're really not going to like, Jack. If it's not a PCV valve or PCV hose problem, the solution is a ring job, a.k.a. an engine rebuild. TOM: Have someone start by checking your crankcase ventilation system to be sure it's working. And hop,e to your lucky stars that it's n&t. .Because if it is, I see major engine work in you future, Jack. Dear eyears.

reading your column every week and have learned a few things from you about cars. As an old shade-tree mechanic, however, I also saw you make a mistake awhile back. "Larry " wanted to know why today's cats are faster, even though cars of the 1960s (like his '68 AMC Javelin) had more horsepower. Your answer had to do with the car's power-to-weight ratio. But that's only partially correct. In 1972, all cars' horsepower ratings, previously reported as "indicated" (or some other meaningless measure), were changed to "net." "Net horsepower " is the true horsepower the engine delivers in the vehicle — 4 the actual amount of power delivered to the engine's flywheel, transmission or driven wheels, accounting for horsepower losses due to friction and the addition ofaccessories. As a result of this change to "net horsepower" ratings, the horsepower listed for the 1968Javelin is inaccurately inflated by today's standards. In other words, those cats ejidn't h$iie as much horsepower as we thought they did'in the '60s.

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(a) Towing charges made or incurred under t h i s division shall not exceed thirty-five dollars ( $ 3 5 . 0 0 ) . Parking or storing charges made or incurred under t h i s division shall not exceed five dollars ( $ 5 ) per day, or a portion thereof, for the first four (4) days and ten dollars ( $ 1 0 . 0 0 ) per day for each day or a portion thereof starting w i t h day five (5). (b) The owner of the towing service, or his/her designee, shall notify by registered mail the registered owner of the vehicle or the holder of a security interest therein, if his/her identity can be readily ascertained, w i t h i n seven (7) days of the i n p o u n d m e n t of the vehicle. If the owner of the t o w i n g service is unable to ascertain the identity of the registered owner of the holder of a security interest therein, he/she shall publish in a newspaper of general c i r c u l a t i o n in the State of Vermont for three (3) consecutive days the record of i m p o u n d m e n t Storing fees after seven (7) days shall not be allowed unless the towing service has provided notice, either by certified letter or publication. to the registered owner or holder of a security interest. As long as notice has been provided, the t o w i n g service may collect reimbursement of t h e actual cost of prov i d i n g notice, i n c l u d i n g up to f i f teen dollar ( $ 1 5 . 0 0 ) administrative fee, from the registered owner or holder of a security interest. Sec. 2 0 - 7 7 . Towing of vehicles on private property.

The chief of police and t h e owner of any public garage to w h i c h a vehicle is removed shall keep a record of each vehicle so removed by manufacturer's trade name or make, registration n u m b e r or motor number if the vehicle is not registered, registered owner of the vehicle bears a Vermont registration, such other descriptive matter as may be necessary to identify such vehicle, and the name and address of any c l a i m a n t thereof. The chief of police shall, in aditon, keep a record showing the date of such removal, the place to w h i c h such removal is made and the reason for such removal. All such records shall be open to public inspection at all t i m e s t , and the chief of police shall publish in a newspaper of general circulation in the city the record of any vehicle w h i c h shall remain u n c l a i m e d for a period of

[(d) If the chief of police of his duly authorized representative is unable to ascertain the identity of the registered owner of a vehicle removed pursuant to this division or the holder of a security interest therein, he shall cause to be published once a week for two (2) consecutive weeks in a newspaper of general circulation in the city the notice set forth in subsection (c).]

Sec. 7.A. Handicapped Space Designated. No person shall park any vehicles at any t i m e in the following locations, except automobiles display special handicapped license plates pursuant to 18 V.S.A. 1 3 2 5 , or any a m e n d m e n t or r e n u m b e r i n g thereof: (1) through ( 1 2 5 ) As written. ( 1 1 6 ) [ T h e space in front of number 5 1 North Union Street] Reserved. ( 1 2 6 ) The space in front of number 6 2 Drew Street.

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(Mar. 21-Apr. 19): After I dislocated my thumb in a softball game, I spent a whole afternoon in the emergency room. Joining me for an impromptu freak-out party were a teenager in a diabetic coma, a grandma with a hand spurting blood, a middle-aged guy with an Elephant Man-like rash, an allergic woman half-paralyzed by a bee sting and a homeless dude who'd fallen off his bicycle face-first. By the time I had my modest injury treated, I was in the best kind of emotional shock. To behold that much intense human fragility broke open my heart, allowing me to exult in the preciousness of each moment for days afterwards. May you receive a similar gift this week, Aries, and may the price you pay be even smaller than mine.

TAURUS

(Apr. 20-May 20): In my first dream last night, my daughter Zoe (a Taurus) suggested that I gobble chocolate cherry candy and smart pills before creating my next Taurus horoscope. In my second dream, my friend Tawny (also a Taurus) urged me to compose my horoscope for your sign while wearing antique burgundy silk and lounging on black velvet pillows at a Mensa get-together. In the third dream, my brother Tom (another Bull) advised me to conjure up the Taurus oracle while floating half-in and half-out of the balmy surf in Maui and being kissed all over by a sexy, bratty genius. I conclude from all these channeled revelations that the cosmos is yearning for you to boost your intelligence by seeking an abundance of delicious comfort and rich sensation in the coming days.

GEMINI

(May 21-June 20): "Dear Dr. Brezsny: Help! I don't know how to be bad any more. My vices are totally ho-hum. My fantasies are yawningly tame. About the naughtiest thing I've done lately is

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CANCER

(June 21-July 22): This week I wish you could have the experience of someone tenderly grooming you — brushing your hair, giving you a manicure, massaging your feet, squeezing your zits. Oops. Did that last one on the list go too far? I hope not, because it will be extremely tonic if you can arrange to have some trustworthy soul give you an uninhibited and indulgent nurturing session. Have you ever had your face washed, your fur shaved or your butt kissed by a loving caretaker? Now's the perfect moment.

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VIRGO

(Aug. 23-Sept. 22): This would be a good time to let your mom know you're a lesbian socialist witch — unless of course, you're N O T a lesbian socialist witch, in which case don't confess any such thing. But I firmly believe you should tell yo' mama (and any other person whose approval you've sought too needily) a previously held-back revelation about who you are. It's wildly crucial that you be yourself among people with whom you've always had trouble being yourself.

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SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): If it's true, as your fellow Sagittarian Siriead O'Connor once observed, that there's no deodorant like success, you can throw away your roll-on or speed stick right now. This week your personal scent will be dominated by the sweet smell of your exquisite organization, your aromatic ability to guess your competitors' next moves, and your fragrant flair for defining every negotiation in terms favorable to you. Genius may usually consist of a smelly 99 percent perspiration and one percent inspiration, but who needs genius when you've got the musky power of preparedness?

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Jan. 19): Welcome to "The Art of Getting Compassionately Robbed." It's a mini-workshop based on the work of Rapunzel Blavatsky, the master thief who taught me all I know about crimes that don't break any laws. "Compassionate robbery does not refer to stealing the precious things people value most," Rapunzel says. "It's about ripping off the stuff they don't really need but are roo stuck in their ways to get rid of under their own power." And that's exactly what I aspire to do now, Capricorn: Loot the half-baked ideas and mediocre props that you hold onto as if they were pure gold. "The Art of Getting Compassionately Robbed" is, by the way, offered exclusively via dream telepathy. To attend, all you have to do is pray "I want Rob Brezsny to pilfer the garbage from my nightmares" before you go to sleep the next 10 nights.

(Sept. 23-Oct. 22): A woman who gives birth can go from feeling the most torturous pain in the moments before the baby emerges to the most exquisite bliss once the deed is done. If I'm reading the astrological omens correctly, Libra, something akin to that will happen to you in the coming days. I predict that the state of your soul will mutate from awful awkwardness to an awesome awakening in the twinkle of a karmic twist.

(Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Super-schmooze alert! This is the best time in months — possibly (July 23-Aug. 22): Now and decades — to make every day one then when I'm driving on high-speed long networking party. Hey Scorpio! freeways, I'll have to veer wildly to Did you hear what I just said? Why avoid colliding with a broken-off are you still lounging around reading tailpipe or suitcase or giant teddy this horoscope when you should get bear that's lying in the middle of the out there immediately and start nurroad. I always wonder what happens turing the connections that'll double to those things. Does a cop stop his your wealth in five years? Or turn car on the shoulder, get out and dart you into The Person That Everyone in and out of traffic to fetch it? Does Needs To Know in three years? Or a repair crew slow to a crawl while make you the supreme sex god or sex some hapless dude hangs off the truck to snag it? If you canfigureout goddess on your block by September of 2000? the answer to this question, Leo,

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AQUARIUS

(Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Sexual healing alert! If you've been waiting for cosmic permission to

ake love in every room of the ouse (and the backyard and the front porch and the back :eat of the car), this is it. I suggest you begin now. Drop what you're doing, even if it's the middle of the work day, and go ask your favorite lust-angel to join you in exploring every therapeutic trick in the book of love. Sing him or her a medicine song while you rock and roll naked in a delirious trance. Treat your erotic union as a juicy opportunity to call on the gods' help in finding cures for what ails you most.

PISCES

(Feb. 19-Mar. 20): A fuming reader wrote recently to tell me he thought I was a spiritual fraud. Another malcontent said my column was full of hot air and an insult to the venerable art of astrology. While feedback like this definitely tweaks my ego, my soul secretly rejoices. My soul whispers stuff to me like, "If everybody loved everything you do, you'd be doing something wrong." My soul says, "Thank Goddess you're not a bland, ass-kissing hack who tells people only what they want to hear." My soul consoles, "Criticism is nature's way of preventing excess pride from snuffing out your creativity." I'm telling you this, Pisces, because at least one loud mouth, maybe more, will fling acerbic no-no's your way in the coming week. Act as if their disapproval is a gift from the gods. ®

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VERY SUCCESSFUL, BRIGHT, CASUAL GUY, 34, seeks sexy, smart, beautiful woman, 223oish, for dinners, music, outdoors, friendship, pillow talk, time at length. I'm tall, fit, funny, handsome, sometimes shy, have lots to share. 3494

WANTED: ENTHUSIASTIC TRAVELER FOR roads less traveled. Likes different people, places, customs, religions, culture & is welleducated. Enjoys Vivaldi, Billie Holiday, folk, arts, crafts, painting. Spiritually grounded and growing. Candle-lit bubble bath. ISO 50+ NSPF. 3510 SAILING PARTNER, NS, FOR SAILING ON LAKE Champlain or Maine coast. Sailing experience is not a requirement, but good physical condition and a sense of humor are a definite plus. 3511 FRIENDS TELL ME "THERE ARE SO MANY women that would be interested. You're attractive, sensitive, light-hearted, present, sometimes intense." Prove them right, please. NSPM, 50s, ISO attractive F with grace & substance. 3592 ANGEL WANTED. 47, 5 ' u " , 160 LBS., FIT, ambitious, healthy, hard-working, NS, ND, likes animals, working, country walks, friends, cuddling, romance. ISO attractive, fit, healthy angel. 3594

3488

RECIPE FOR MY BUDDY: DASH OF ADVENTURE, sprinkles of sincerity, humor folded into joy of biking, hiking, canoeing and the arts, simmered in at least 40 yrs. meets this late 40s SPM's taste. 3454

I'M A ONE-WOMAN MAN LOOKING FOR A ONEman woman. LTR possibly leading to youknow-what. Interested? Let's get the party started right! Serious lady only. 3600

WM ISO F, 30-50, TO PLEASURE, TEASE AND please. Attractive, handsome, 26, blond, gm.-eyed, clean & discreet. Looking to fulfill a special woman's desires, needs and fantasy. Race unimportant. 3469

ACTUALLY VOTED "BEST FRIEND" IN H.S. Tall, dark and handsome, more educated than I'll ever use, ISO athletic, attractive & intelligent SF, 25-33, who reads these, but hasn't ever responded to one. 3608 EMOTIONALLY AVAILABLE. SWM, 38, NS, ND. vegetarian, 5*11", 185 lbs., cute, sweet, solid and flexible. Excellent listener, deply intuitive. Homeowner. Passions: swim, dance, cuddles, singing, outdoor everything, honesty. You are under 40, athletic. 3478 TWO ACTIVE, INTELLIGENT, FUNNY, FORMER VT guys vacationing on Lk. Champlain looking for slender, fun-loving females for boating, tennis, conversation and cool-outs. 3486

3504

DWM, 48, TALL, FIT, PROFESSIONAL, RELATIVELY sane, musician. Into bicycling, sailing, hiking, skiing, dining, travel. Seeking attractive, slender companion, 30-45, to share laughter, perspicacity and spirit. 3471 ATHLETIC, HONEST, SHY SWM, 37, 5'5", NS, ISO friendly, active, younger SWF for friendship & LTR. I enjoy running, skiing, mountain biking, Rollerbtading, hiking, water activities & more. Do you? 3411 COUCHES WEREN'T DESIGNED FOR JUST ONE person to sit on. SM, NS, seeks honest, active SF, 24-30, to enjoy life with. I love hockey & riding my bicycle. What do you like to do? 3412 WHAT ABOUT LOVE? Don't you want someone to care about you? Tall, blue-eyed SWPM ISO stellate-eyed SWF for soulmate. Don't let the summer moon find you alone. 3413 YOU ARE SO BEAUTIFUL, FOCUSED, BUSY, determined, etc. that men are intimidated. I'm WDP dad, late 40s, attractive, ready to laugh; lover of romantic dinners, museums, quiet walks and leisurely talks. 3414 EXPLORE VERMONT. DWM, 35, NO CHILDREN, smoker, social drinker. Been burnt, no games, ND, no lean-ons. Just old-fashioned girl, any race, age, or looks—not fussy. 3415 SWM, 37, TEACHER WHO LIKES HIKING, Binhates hypocrisy. A nice guy! Seeks SF, 25+, who lives authentically and possesses an independent spirit. 3416

DWPM: PHYSIOLOGICALLY 45, PSYCHOLOGICALLY, 37, chronologically older. Enjoys racquetball, bowling, biking, traveling, shopping, talking, listening, philosophy, politics, independence, sharing, driving, walking, dining in/out, movies, Ally McBeal. Seeks mentally/ physically fit. 3417 SWM, 35, 145 LBS., THIN, BURLINGTON, would like to spend time with laid-back female. I like to bike, travel, animals, kids. I have no kids, but yhey are welcome. NS, ND, let's talk. 3425 ' SWM, 31, 5'io", 190 LBS., ENJOYS BIKING, XC skiing, snowshoeing, philosophy, ghost stories by the fire. Believe we were put here to find love, a cup of coffee and stimulating conversation. 3432 RUTLAND AREA M, 52, INTERESTED IN starting a family with younger woman. Seek a down-to-earth, creative, intelligent, artistic F to settle down w/ & start a family. 3438 WPM, NS, SEEKING ACTIVE, ATTRACTIVE, affectionate F, 36-46. My interests are biking, swimming, skiing, white-water rafting, canoeing, horseback riding, traveling, dining out, dancing. 3440

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SEEKING SOULMATE (WITH A SENSE OF humor). Independent, honest GPF, 44, & cat seek special indiv. to share similar interests, including books, films, cooking, yoga, swimming, walking, animals & the quiet life in VT. ISO LTR w/ someone 35-50 YO. 3658 MaWF, Bi-CURIOUS, WONDERING WHAT I AM missing. Attractive, blonde, blue eyes, early 30s. Discretion needed and assured. Seeking Bi or Bi-curious to teach me. Looking for friendship plus whatever. 3662 SEARCHING FOR A VIKING GODDESS W/0 THE EGO! Attractive 39 YO "preppie femme" seeking spirited GF, 25-35, w h ° enjoys shopping, cafes, antique haunts. Desire a slowbuild friendship with definite chemistry. 3480 MUTUAL APPRECIATION REQUIRED. Vibrant, tall, slim, professional woman with dark hair & eyes. Many interesting and practical hobbies & pastimes, including outdoor activities, cooking and home maintenance. Seeking F, 28-36, for love, commitment and LTR. 3482 SF, 41, VERY UGLY, BORING PERSONALITY, no sense of humor, no appreciable qualities. Basically a loser. Believe that? Hmmm. 3448

Aookinq woman SGF, 25. FASHIONABLE, FUN, INTELLIGENT femme girl seeks femme or "soft butch," 2335, fun, intelligent & active. No bar flies. Are you out there? 3742 GWF, 42 SMOKER ENJOYS COMPUTERS, reading, walking, ISO friend, hopefully LTR w/ SWF, 35-50- 3738SEEKING AN EXTROVERTED, 30-SOMETHING, beautiful dyke who projects a strong countenance, yet has undeniable allure. Moi? Attractive preppie, enjoys being the mildly provocative accomplice! Prefer independent prof, who "passes," but socially leads lifestyle more out than in. 3724 GWF, 39, HONEST, SECURE, CARING, ISO GF, 20-40, for friendship, maybe more. Must be honest, secure and fun to be with. 3674

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SGM, 20, SEEKS SPGM, 18-25. Fun, cute "rule meister" looking for similar. Surprise me with wit, charm, spontaneity and a great love affair. Wet blankets need not apply.

mi LIFE-LOVING, SLENDER GM, 51, MOSTLY bottom, requests company of fit, mostly top GM, 40-55, for date. Life=gardening, the arts, travel, more. 3745 GAY CHRISTIAN IN NO. VT? SM, 42, ISO GM, 25-45, clean, discreet, outgoing, secure in personality & beliefs. Looking for LTR. 3672 SWEETNESS & SASS. SENSUAL GWM, 35, seeks GM who usually wouldn't answer a personal, for friendship leading to monogamous intimacy leading to LTR — the way it should happen. 3682

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SEEK SMART, ATTRACTIVE, PASSIONATE partner to share conversation, nature, campfire, movies, seashore, rainy afternoons, ethnic cuisine, cultural events, growth. I'm intelligent, attractive, passionate, open-minded, progressive, 40s. Near St. Johnsbury. 3449

LET THE GOOD TIMES BEGIN. SWM, 28, 6', enjoys dining, sunset walks, Rollerbtading, tennis, ISO SWF, NS, 23-30, attractive, honest, confident, big heart, zest for fun. Possible LTR or just having fun. 3597

IF YOU HAVE HEARD THE SOUND OF ONE hand clapping, and you long to be back in time before you were given a face, you are the one that I have looked for. Contact me and we will plan our escape. 3607

Ever howled at the moon? Attractive SW PAgan F, young 36, fit, enjoys the night, cemetery strolls. Loves music, Halloween, nature. Seeks intelligent, employed guy, 30s.

HI, THERE. I'M SINGLE, 34, LIVING IN N.E. Kingdom, seeking an honest, caring F to share dreams, hopes & special times with. 5'9", 195 lbs., br. eyes/hair/mustache. If you're into having fun, laughing, good conversation & great company, then respond! Will answer all. 3447

SWM, 32, EUROPEAN GOOD LOOKS, TALL, fit. Enjoys wandering, healthy eats, salsa, dancing, foreign languages. ISO adventurous soul-miner, 22-42, serious about herself and life, but into frollicking. 3451

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ACTIVE, INTELLIGENT, PLAYFUL, PHYSICAL, sensual kind. Sensitive, affectionate, passionate, deep, 44, ISO partner for shadow dancing. You know what intimacy is. Willing to risk, take responsibility for yourself. Adventure, liberation, healing... 3445

SWM, 41, SEEKING THAT SPECIAL LADY! Do you enjoy golf, camping, dining out, movies, weekend get-aways, playing cards & more? Looking for someone humorous, easy-going & down-to-earth, with similar interests. Let's talk. 3596

SPIRITUAL, HEALTHY, MOSTLY VEGETARIAN, cute/handsome, active, cultured, humorous, musical, sensual, affectionate, articulate SPM. Enjoys heart-felt communications, nature, dancing, healing. ISO attractive F, up tp 43, who relates to these values. 3601 HEY, YOU. WOMAN WHO NEVER ANSWERS ads. You are getting sleepy. Your eyes are getting heavy. SWM, 35, confused, absurd person seeks date. Thank you very much. (When you awake, you will remember nothing of this.) 3603

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SWM, PROFESSIONAL, 44, 5'u", 180 LBS. I love walks, talks, hiking, camping, biking, skiing, oceans, reading, the arts, movies, writing and gardening. Seeking an individual with similar interests. 3686 BETA BEAR SEEKS ALPHA MALE FOR explorations in algolagnia. Submissive GWM, 40s, 5*11", 190 lbs., balding, bearded, hairy-chested, seeks dominant men for kinky close encounters. Age, race open. Assertive attitude a must. All scenes considered. All replies answered. 3688

WBiCU, BOTH ATTRACTIVE; HPS 40ISH, she's 3oish. ISO handsome WBiM for friendship, fun, fantasy and fulfillment. 30-45 YO, ND, NA. Please help us fulfill our lives. 3661

ATTRACTIVE F SOCIAL WORKER, long dark & silver hair, sweater and jeans, Marketplace Mall, 8/30, w/ coworker and friends, three years since I spied you last. Love to meet.

BURLINGTON BREAKFAST WIATRESS: We met at Camp Oswego. You: Coleman stove. Me: High five, four-wheel drive. Drop me a line, I'll get you to the show on time. 3721

WANTED: A FEW GOOD MEN, 18-45. CLEAN, ND/NA, discreet, honest, sincere and not into head games. In either Burlington or Rutland area for oral fun. 3437

WPCU SEEKING FANTASY FOR FOUR. He's dark and handsome, she's slender and sexy. Both 40'ish and fit. ISO friendship, fun and erotic fantasy fulfillment with one other adventurous CU. Honest, respectful, discreet.

3740 TUES. AFTERNOON, 8/31, HEALTHY LIVING. I walked by while you were having lunch. I was wearing a long black skirt; your sweet smile caught my eye. Maybe we could meet.

TWO DROP-DEAD GORGEOUS WOMEN drink ing coffee on Church St. w/ lucky guy!! You're a nurse reading "I Spy" with sensual eyes. Valuptuous friend sells butterfly clips at mall.

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CU SEEKING F FOR THREESOME. ALSO FOR friendship, fun and fantasy fullfilment. Both early 30s. Please help us find the right person. Must be discreet. 3599

THE ONLY THING SEPARATING US WAS THE bar where you work at Halverson's. Do not run to California. Come make sweet music with me, baby...if you like big women. 3698

YOU: INSIDE THE PLANET (ESPRESSO MARtini) looking out. Me: sitting outside (cosmopolitan) looking in. Summer night, sultry glances. If you converse as vivaciously as you flirt, then please call. 3725

PLEASING YOU PLEASES M E Woman's secret desires fullfilled, unspoken wishes granted. Slow hand, easy touch, I understand. Handsome WM, early-30s, seeks mature WF. Discreet/sincere. 3492

HINESBURG BAKERY, SUN. MORNING, 8/22. You: dark hair, red shirt, jeans. Me: light brown hair, reading the paper and having coffee with a friend. I'd like to meet you.

DEBRA, YOU LEFT A PHONE NUMBER I CANT reach you at. Wherever you are, love won't let you hide. Let's talk about the weather, I'm interested. Joe. 3671

SMUGGLER NOTCH, RAINY SATURDAY, 8/21. You: originally from Minneapolis living in Burlington, black VW. Me; soaking wet, from Stowe. black truck. Meet again? 3723

7/25, BLACK JEEP, RTE. 93 NORTH. Played passing game with my red Saturn. 3rd time I've seen you. 1st you waved. 2nd I wasn't golfing. Interested in talking outside a moving vehicle? 3696

SWM, 40, CLEAN, BI-CURIOUS, CAN BE SUBmissive. Want to meet WCU or dominant F. HOT, FUN & EXPERIENCED CU ISO PBiF/M/CU to get down. No commitment, pure pleasure. Losers need not apply. 3659

SUBMISSIVE MALE ENJOYS DIRTY TALK & IS eager to please a man who can be ripe, nasty & dirty. 3666 GWM, 40s, 5'9", 160 LBS., LOOKING TO MEET new friends and that special someone to share life with. Varied interests: outdoors, traveling, movies, music, romance. ISO sensitive, masculine GWM, 25-45. 359 8 MID-20S, 5*9", 160 LBS., Bi-CURIOUS M seeks first-time experience with attractive, similar males under 30. Likes erotic massages, sports and other exciting activities. Let's have fun together. 3489

$1.99 a minute, must be 18 or older.

LOOKING FOR A RUTLAND Bi GUY. BiWM, 31, ISO same, 21-40, for immediate mutual pleasure. First please me, then we plus she could make three. 3466

DPM, 30S. BI-CURIOUS, SEEKS CU, 35-50, TO fulfill my fantasy. Must be clean, safe, and willing to be gentle. Please help this firsttimer. 3739 _ _

BIWM, 26, TEMPORARILY UNEMPLOYED dreamer seeks fairy prince to engage my mind. Let's spend our time enjoying film and music, biking and dancing. NS/ND. 3609

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SWPM, 30S, PASSIVE, SEEKS AGGRESSIVE SF, height/weight proportionate. For LTR. monogamous. Likes: discipline, spanking, Xdress, etc. 3667

JOANNE AT ARVAD'S, 8/14. I meant to talk to you again, but you left too soon. Do you still live in Canada? 3735

SM, YOUTHFUL, HAPPY, HEALTHY, HORNY & discreet, seeks a CU, 25-45, yearning to unleash its most passionate carnal desires w/ an energetic, long-lasting male. 3509

9/1, CHEFS CORNER, WILLISTON. You: stunning, classy blond-haired lady w/ friend. Me: 3-pc. blue suit, curly hair and blue eyes, driving silver Mercedes. I would very much like to introduce myself. Please call. 3732

SWBIM SEEKS F WHO UKES TO STRAP-ON. SF, CU, beginners welcome. 3502

0 ' FIRMAMENT ON HIGH! I need the strength 81 support of a great relationship to be on my side! Care to give this a try? 3457

ORAC 25th BIRTHDAY PARTY, MONTPELIER, before Terrence Simeon. Tom: blond, mustache, glasses. Me: dark curly hair, purple shirt. Sorry I slipped away before we reckoned out past connection. Please call! 3709 DTB0UCGD. YOU: BEAUTY W/ CURLY BROWN locks, shiny blue eyes, approx. 5'2". Me: short brown hair, hazel eyes. Heard you having fun w/ lady friends. Can I join? 3710

STILL LOOKING FOR YOU, CHRIS. We met a couple of months ago 81 kept in contact. Then your phone number changed. I'm now lost 81 need some of your direction. Anxious to catch up. 3733

JENN AT THE MATTERHORN IN STOWE: We shared a wonderful salad! I'm telling the world that you are awesome and first-class!! Wanna hear some more? 3714

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TRAVELED, RURAL W1WF, 47, ISO PARTNER for life's 2nd half. Tall, attractive, sturdy, active. Educated professional, romantic soul. Enjoy traveling, exploring shared interests, new ones, too. NS. Ctrl. VT. Box 578

ROMANTIC SWM, COLLEGE PROFESSOR interested in travel, photography, outdoors, Trivial Pursuit and much more. 5*10", tall, 51, 245 lbs., seeking adventurous, NS F, 21-50, interested in sharing life's joys. Box 603

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RETIRED, SINGLE, PERSONABLE MAN OF merit seeks companionship of F w/ integrity for LTR and mutual nurturing. 45-55 YO with modest income to share in full-time RV lifestyle. Box 586

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INTELLIGENT, ARTICULATE, WIDELY READ woman wanted, with good taste, good manners, indoor and outdoor interests andpossessed of a lively prose style. Let's correspond before meeting. Box 587

ATTRACTIVE, INTELLIGENT WOMAN (FARAWAY, green, soulful eyes), loving heart sought. Adirondack eco-farmer, visionary, steel sculptor seeks kindred spirit, 30s, needing wild, dream home, romance, uplifting endeavors. Box 575

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STOWE AREA, WANTED: A ONE-WOMAN MAN, tall, well-built, hard-working, good dancer. Man born June or july, i965ish. No baggage. Box 600

ARTIST/ACADEMIC SEEKS MAN OVER 40 W/ fondness for humor, oceans, books, gentle music, conversation, travel, country club activities, gifted children, philanthropy, attractive brunettes. Box 573

LETS IGNITE A FRIENDSHIP, HOPE FOR more. SWF, NS, 53, dark, slim, optimistic, centered, fit, full of fire, has indoor/outdoor interests, adores music, animals, country living. ISO kindred spirit, 40s-50s. Box 590

WWi, 50. AFFECTIONATE, HUMOROUS, bookworm, devout, physically active, land-loving mother looking for a down-to-earth, gentle companion with similar proclivities. Box 574

SWCF, 29, EASTERN EUROPEAN, FIT, attractive, educated, loves animals, being outdoors,'reading and cooking, seeks SWCM, 28-40, wit similar interests for LTR. Box 591

EAST SEEKS WEST: KIEV CUTIE, 29, FIT, FUN, educated, spiritual, loves animals and the outdoors, seeks SWM, 28-38, with international interests. Box 572

ATTRACTIVE BPF, 42, s'9", SPIRITUAL, romantic, NS, with children, looking for a gorgeous American M, educated & honest, for friendship, possible LTR. Box 592

ACTIVE LIFESTYLES GUY WANTED. Attractive, fit SWF, NS, enjoys biking, walking, boating, working out, skiing, travel, blading and more, seeks caring, adventurous, honest, fit, humorous SWM, NS, 35-45, with same interests. Photo appreciated. Box 569

LONG, COOL, BRUNETTE DRINK W/ PANACHE. SWF, 40s, seeks intellectual SWM iconoclast w/ machismo &. work ethic. NW Vermont/ Montreal. Box 596

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ATTRACTIVE BPF, 40, s'8", 155 LBS, educated, enjoys outdoors, tennis, movies, seeking handsome PM, 35-42, NS, for LTR. Must like kids, honest, good sense of humor. If chemistry is there, let's grow together. Photo appreciated. Box 593

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EARLY RETIRED ACADEMIC. PEACEFUL, alternative lifestyle in the hills. Gardens, hiking, canoeing, eclectic music, books... Super fit, 165 lbs., 5'io", health-oriented. ISO similarly inclined, educated, fit, slender, soish, outdoorsy woman. Box 599

SEEKING MY GODDESS, THE SORCERESS OF nature who would command my heart. Me: 5'io", long hair, blue eyes, slim & strong. Man of the mountains, child of the waters. Photo, please. Box 588

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MATURE BUT WITH OCCASIONAL CRAZY streak, 33, NS, Br./BI., 5 ' n " , shy, romantic w/ non-existent social life, ISO friends first. Don't waste my time if you just wanna get laid. Box 604 SHY GUY, 48, STRONG, SILENT, STEEL EXTERIOR, warm center, masc., in shape, kind, compassionate, introv. ISO mono LTR. Patience needed—30 yr. solitary social existence, few updates since '68. Worthwhile. Box 601 WBiM, 28. BOTTOM, SUBMISSIVE, X-DRESSER, new to scene. Looking for G/BiM, 25-35, for personal encounters for mutual pleasure. NS, honesty, cleanliness, discretion a must. Box 580

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GPPS, 39 & 46, LOOKING FOR OTHER CU'S for friendship. Interests include spiritual beliefs, nature, cooking, crafts, shopping, canoeing. Not into political causes. Homebodies encouraged. 40-55 YO. Box 598

SWM, CANADIAN-EUROPEAN ACADEMIC, fondness for books, music, travel, nature, art; easy-going and open. Seeks woman, 35+, with similarities and sense of humor. Spiritual & communicative. Box 595 WRITE AND I'LL BRING YOU A ROSE. YOU ARE mid- to late-4os. I'm mid-sos, We prefer sunrise over sunsets, appreciation of antiques, have artistic abilities, a strong devotion to family. Could be vegetarians. Box 584 HUMANIST PROFESSIONAL MALE; TALLER, smarter, stronger, freer than most; seeks female counterpart, healthy in mind and body, read to enjoy the present moment. 40St0 early 50s; northern VT, please. Box 577

WM, 40S, EDUCATED, GOOD-LOOKING W/ sense of humor, seeks older woman, 57+, for adult encounters, fantasy fullfillment & friendship. Box 594

SF, 45, SEEKING ADVENTUROUS, SPIRITED friends. Desires/appreciates travel, diversity, nature, spiritualism. Montpelier-based. Box

ARE THERE ANY TRIM, ATTRACTIVE, REASONably sane, intelligent CUs out there looking for the same in a DWM? If so, write. Box 589

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